0 present participle of hope
1 to want something to happen or to be true, and usually have a good reason to think that it might:
[ + (that) ] She's hoping (that) she won't be away too long.
I hope (that) she'll win.
[ + to infinitive ] They hope to visit us next year.
It's good news, I hope.
I hope they get the punishment they deserve.
She is hoping to get a loan from her bank to help her out of her financial predicament.
No sane human being would search through all the 221 dimensions of the model blindly hoping to find some optimal sound!
Others settled as dependants of these men, hoping one day to be able to establish their own homesteads.
Biologists are hoping to learn more about the nervous system and the way in which it functions by using computer modelling techniques.
