verb
hopes; hoped; hoping
to want something to happen or be true and think that it could happen or be true [no obj]
here's hoping
informal - used to say that you hope something will happen
hope against hope
to hope for something when you know that it will probably not happen or be true
noun
plural hopes
the feeling of wanting something to happen and thinking that it could happen :a feeling that something good will happen or be true [noncount]
[noncount] :the chance that something good will happen
[singular] :someone or something that may be able to provide help :someone or something that gives you a reason for hoping
[count] :something that is hoped for
fix your hopes on/upon
in (the) hope of/that
or in hopes of/that
with the hope that something will happen or could happen
live in hope
chiefly Brit :to hope for something when you know that it will probably not happen or be true
pin (all) your hopes on
see pin on at 2pin