Meaning

5 senses
  1. To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].

    They are hoping it does not rain, but I expect it will.

    He's still hoping that everything will turn out fine.

    hoffen

    наде́ятьсяnadéjatʹsja, упова́тьupovátʹ

    наді́ятисяnadíjatysja, сподіва́тисяspodivátysja, упова́тиupováty

  2. (catenative)To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].

    I hope to succeed.

    I hope to be going back again soon.

  3. (intransitive)To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].

    They're hoping for the best, but I don't think it's looking very good.

    I'm hoping for my boss to offer me a pay raise.

  4. (intransitive)To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].

  5. (dialectal, nonstandard, transitive)To wish.

    I hope you all the best.

    expect and wish

Examples

12015 sentences
  1. I hope to see you soon.

    Я сподіваюся скоро вас побачити. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ надеюсь скоро тебя увидеть. — odexed

    deIch hoffe, wir sehen uns bald! — Esperantostern

  2. You must not give up hope.

    Не треба втрачати надію. — deniko

    ruВы не должны терять надежду. — shanghainese

    deDu darfst die Hoffnung nicht aufgeben. — Vortarulo

  3. I hope you are all well.

    Сподіваюся, у тебе все гаразд. — deniko

    ruНадеюсь, у вас у всех всё хорошо. — marafon

    deIch hoffe, dass es euch allen gut geht. — MUIRIEL

  4. We hope to see you again.

    Сподіваємося знову вас побачити. — deniko

    ruНадеемся снова вас увидеть. — odexed

    deWir hoffen, dich wiederzusehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. We hope you enjoy the movie.

    Сподіваємося, вам сподобається фільм. — deniko

    ruНадеемся, что фильм вам понравится. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to want something to happen, with expectation that it might:
Русский
By meaning 1
to want something to happen, with expectation that it might:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to want something to happen, with expectation that it might:

Origin

From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (“hope”), from Proto-West Germanic *hop

From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (“hope”), from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn; further etymology unclear.

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Forms

hopes, hoping, hoped, hoped
Base formhope · to hope
3rd person singularhopes
Present participlehoping
Past simplehoped
Past participlehoped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhope
he, she, ithopes

Past simpleLesson

all personshoped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hoped
he, she, ithas hoped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hope

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • let's hope
  • was hoping that
  • hope to see
  • hope no one
  • let's hope that
  • give up hope
  • hope that that
  • given up hope
  • sure hope
  • hope that this
  • hoping to find
  • hope that nobody

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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