Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hope \Hope\, n. [Cf. Icel. h[=o]p a small bay or inlet.]
   1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges. [Obs.]

   2. A small bay; an inlet; a haven. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

Hope \Hope\, n. [AS., akin to D. hoop, hope, Sw. hopp, Dan.
   haab, MHG. hoffe. Hope in forlorn hope is different word. See
   Forlorn hope, under {Forlorn}.]
   1. A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of
      obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an
      expectation of something which is thought to be desirable;
      confidence; pleasing expectancy.

            The hypocrite's hope shall perish.    --Job vii. 13.

            He wished, but not with hope.         --Milton.

            New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven. --Keble.

   2. One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of
      expectation, or promises desired good.

            The Lord will be the hope of his people. --Joel iii.
                                                  16.

            A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of
            learning was highly commendable.      --Macaulay.

   3. That which is hoped for; an object of hope.

            Lavina is thine elder brother's hope. --Shak.

Hope \Hope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hoped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hoping}.] [AS. hopian; akin to D. hopen, Sw. hopp?, Dan.
   haabe, G. hoffen. See 2nd {Hope}.]
   1. To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good,
      or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it
      or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually
      followed by for. ``Hope for good success.'' --Jer. Taylor.

            But I will hope continually.          --Ps. lxxi.
                                                  14.

   2. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation
      of good; -- usually followed by in. ``I hope in thy
      word.'' --Ps. cxix. 81.

            Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
            disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. --Ps. xlii.
                                                  11.

Hope \Hope\, v. t.
   1. To desire with expectation or with belief in the
      possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to
      as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining
      it; to cherish hopes of.

            We hope no other from your majesty.   --Shak.

            [Charity] hopeth all things.          --1 Cor. xiii.
                                                  7.

   2. To expect; to fear. [Obs.] ``I hope he will be dead.''
      --Chaucer.

   Note: Hope is often used colloquially regarding
         uncertainties, with no reference to the future. ``I
         hope she takes me to be flesh and blood.'' --Mrs.
         Centlivre.

Source : WordNet®

hope
     n 1: a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their
          hope of winning the pennant"
     2: the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in
        spite of his troubles he never gave up hope" [ant: {despair}]
     3: grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is
        little or no promise that he will recover" [syn: {promise}]
     4: someone (or something) on which expectations are centered;
        "he was their best hope for a victory"
     5: United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in
        films with Bing Crosby (born in 1903) [syn: {Bob Hope}, {Leslie
        Townes Hope}]
     6: one of the three Christian virtues

hope
     v 1: expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now
          on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a
          raise" [syn: {trust}, {desire}]
     2: be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes; "I am still
        hoping that all will turn out well" [ant: {despair}]
     3: intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have
        finished this work by tomorrow evening" [syn: {go for}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Hope
     
         A {functional programming} language designed by
        R.M. Burstall, D.B. MacQueen and D.T. Sanella at {University
        of Edinburgh} in 1978.  It is a large language supporting
        user-defined {prefix}, {infix} or {distfix} operators.  Hope
        has {polymorphic} typing and allows {overloading} of operators
        which requires explicit type declarations.  Hope has {lazy
        lists} and was the first language to use {call-by-pattern}.
     
        It has been ported to {Unix}, {Macintosh}, and {IBM PC}.
     
        See also {Hope+}, {Hope+C}, {Massey Hope}, {Concurrent Massey
        Hope}.
     
        {(ftp://brolga.cc.uq.oz.au/pub/hope)}.
     
        [R.M.Burstall, D.B.MacQueen, D.T.Sanella, "HOPE: An
        experimental applicative language", Proc. 1980 Lisp conf.,
        Stanford, CA, p.136-143, Aug 1980].
     
        ["A HOPE Tutorial", R. Bailey, BYTE Aug 1985, pp.235-258].
     
        ["Functional Programming with Hope", R. Bailey, Ellis Horwood
        1990].
     
        (1992-11-27)

Hope+
     
         An extension of {Hope}
        implemented in the Alvey {Flagship} project at {Imperial
        College}.  Hope+ has vectors, real numbers, best fit {pattern
        matching}, lazy data constructors, absolute {set abstractions}
        and {constraints}.  It has a {continuation}-based I/O system
        which posesses {referential transparency} and is capable of
        handling all common I/O tasks such as terminal and file I/O,
        {signal} handling and interprocess communications.  It has
        {modules} and {separate compilation}.
     
        See also {Hope+C}, {Massey Hope}, {Concurrent Massey Hope}.
     
        ["Hope+", N. Perry, Imperial College, IC/FPR/LANG/2.5.1/7,
        1988.]
     
        (1999-08-24)