verb To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with that (+ clause); or with clause; or with so or not].
They are hoping it does not rain, but I expect it will.
verb To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
I hope to succeed.
verb To expect optimistically that one might get something [with for].
They're hoping for the best, but I don't think it's looking very good.
verb To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
verb To wish.
I hope you all the best.
noun The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
All hopes for a truce are gone after the latest attack.
noun The actual thing wished for.
noun A person or thing that is a source of hope.
We still have one hope left: my roommate might see the note I left on the table.