0 past simple and past 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.
It is to be hoped that the author will one day be able to provide a fuller and more measured treatment of his important themes.
It is to be hoped that community healthcare researchers, in any part of the world, could routinely integrate diversity into their day-to-day planning of studies.
It is hoped these clubs will become permanent organizations from which new community development programmes can be launched.
