(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.

(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.

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

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.

With the desire to.

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

Alternative spelling of hoped for

desired; wished for.

The property of being hopeful.