(countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen. / (countable) The actual thing wished for.

(Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.

A sloping plain between mountain ridges. / (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

(intransitive, transitive) To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. / To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.

A female given name from English from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans.

With the desire to.

(idiomatic) To continue to hope, even when what is hoped for seems unlikely or impossible.

The property of being hopeful.

plural of hoping

Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election.