n.
  - a feeling of expectation and desire. 
▸a cause or source of hope.
 ▸grounds for hoping.
 - archaic a feeling of trust.
 
v.
  - expect and desire:
 he's hoping for an offer of compensation.
 - intend if possible to do something.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - hope against hope
 cling to a mere possibility.  - not a 
(or Brit. some)
 hope
 informal no chance at all. 
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE hopa (n.), hopian (v.), of Gmc origin.