hope meaning
EN
[həʊp] [hoʊp] [-əʊp] 
US WHope
- Hope is an optimistic attitude of mind based on an expectation of positive outcomes related to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large.
- Among its opposites are dejection, hopelessness and despair.
EN Hope 
- NounPLhopes
- (uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out.
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) 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.
- (Christianity) The virtuous desire for future good.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a comb.
- A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- (uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- VerbSGhopesPRhopingPT, PPhoped
- To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
- I hope everyone enjoyed the meal.
- I am still hoping that all will turn out well.
- To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
- To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he won't sue me.
- “This is my first time here,” Ivanovic said. “I was actually hoping it would snow because we always play in places where it’s very warm. So it’s fun also to get freezed a little bit."
- Led by one of the war's greatest leaders, Winston Churchill, and buoyed by the hope for American aid, the British stoutheartedly lived through their "finest hour".
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- This manifesto missed the mark and they failed to attract people's attention as they had hoped.
- After conventional medicine failed me, spiritual healing was a desperate last hope.
- The spillover from the dam due to the heavy rains will run down this channel and harmlessly dump into that river, we hope.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of hope in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Control verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Control verbs
- Nouns
- en hopes
- en hoped
- en hopeless
- en hopeful
- en hopelessly
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "hope" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a control verb and an intransitive verb.