hope
noun
[ həʊp ]
• a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen.
• "he looked through her belongings in the hope of coming across some information"
Similar:
aspiration,
desire,
wish,
expectation,
ambition,
aim,
plan,
dream,
daydream,
pipe dream,
longing,
yearning,
craving,
hankering,
• a feeling of trust.
• "our private friendship, upon hope and affiance whereof, I presume to be your petitioner"
hope
verb
• want something to happen or be the case.
• "he's hoping for an offer of compensation"
Similar:
expect,
anticipate,
look for,
wait for,
be hopeful of,
pin one's hopes on,
want,
wish for,
dream of,
hope against hope for,
Opposite:
despair of,
Origin:
late Old English hopa (noun), hopian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoop (noun), hopen (verb), and German hoffen (verb).
hope against hope
• cling to a mere possibility.
• "they were hoping against hope that he would find a way out"
