hope

(hōp)

1. To wish for something with expectation of its fulfillment.
2. Archaic To have confidence; trust.

1. To look forward to with confidence or expectation: We hope that our children will be successful.
2. To expect and desire. See Synonyms at expect.

1. A wish or desire accompanied by confident expectation of its fulfillment.
2. Something that is hoped for or desired: Success is our hope.
3. One that is a source of or reason for hope: the team's only hope for victory.
4. often Hope Christianity The theological virtue defined as the desire and search for a future good, difficult but not impossible to attain with God's help.
5. Archaic Trust; confidence.

Related Forms:

• hopˈer noun

, Bob Originally Leslie Towne Hope. 1903-2003.