noun

1. a feeling that what is wanted is likely to happen; desire accompanied by expectation
2. the thing that one has a hope for
3. a reason for hope
4. a person or thing on which one may base some hope
5. Archaic trust; reliance

Etymology: ME < OE hopa, akin to Du hoop; see the v.

transitive verb hoped, hoping hop′·ing

1. to have hope; want and expect I hope to be there by 5:00
2. to want very much I hope that your sick dog will recover

Etymology: ME hopen < OE hopian, to expect, look for, akin to Ger hoffen < ? same IE base as hop: orig. sense (?) “to leap up in expectation”

intransitive verb

1. to have hope (for)
2. Archaic to trust or rely