To entertain or indulge an expectation of something desired.To have confidence; trust with earnest expectation of good.To desire with expectation; look forward to as desirable, with the expectation of obtaining: with a clause (with or without that) or, less commonly, a noun as object.[Hope is also loosely used as synonymous with desire, long for, or wish.]To expect; regard as likely to happen: not implying desire: with a clause as object.To imagine; have an impression; think: with an effect of irony: as, I hope I know what I am talking about.n. Expectation of something desired; desire accompanied by expectation.n. Confidence in a future event, or in the future disposition or conduct of some person; trust, especially a high or holy trust.n. That which gives hope; one who or that which furnishes ground of expectation or promise of desired good; promise.n. The object of hope; the thing hoped for.n. Expectation, without reference to desire; prognostication.n. Synonyms Reliance, dependence.n. A hollow; a valley; especially, the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth green slopes: nearly equivalent to comb.n. A mound; a hill. [Prov. Eng.] This word occurs in several place-names, as Easthope, Kirkhope, Stanhope, etc.n. An inlet; a small bay; a haven.