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: --
It's good news, I hope.
[ + to infinitive ] They hope to visit us next year.
I hope (that) she'll win.
[ + (that) ] She's hoping (that) she won't be away too long.
These mistakes will be replicated in student work, and it is hoped that the publishers will correct them immediately.
The response to that call in the 1990s was, perhaps, less than might have been hoped, but not without its bright spots.
Perhaps he genuinely hoped that peace had broken out.
However, it is hoped that in an immunocomputer the result would be achieved in what seems to be the natural method.
He hoped that no changes would be made to the old customary estates and tendered a proviso to that effect.
It is to be hoped, therefore, that this situation will shortly be remedied.
This, it is hoped, will reduce the frequency of what may otherwise be arbitrary and uninformed decisions.
Some works (more than others) suggest that their composers and original performers hoped for a future existence for their work.
