Definitions
1.verbTo want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might."I am still hoping that all will turn out well."
2.verbTo be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
3.verbTo place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
4.verbTo wish."I hope you all the best."
5.nounThe feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen."After losing my job, there's no hope of being able to afford my world cruise."
6.nounThe actual thing wished for.
7.nounA person or thing that is a source of hope."We still have one hope left: my roommate might see the note I left on the table."
8.nounThe virtuous desire for future good.
9.nounA hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a comb.
10.nounA sloping plain between mountain ridges.
11.nounA small bay; an inlet; a haven.