2. Noun. desiring ¹
3. Noun. being optimistic toward ¹
4. Adjective. filled with or inspiring hope (''uncommon'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hoping
1. hope [v] - See also: hope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoping
Literary usage of Hoping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"He arrives at New-Holland, hoping to settle there. Is wounded with an Arrow by
one of the Natives, h seized and carried by Force into a Portugueze Ship. ..."
2. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1900)
"And then the end, sighs the doubting brain—but there is no end, says the hoping
heart. O Brain ! if you knew, you would not doubt. O Heart I if you knew, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"I venture to transcribe a part of it, hoping that it may have interest as a matter
of careful ... hoping ..."
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