Definitions of hoper
British English : hope If you hope that something is true, or if you hopefor something, you want it to be true or to happen, and you usually believe that it is possible or likely.Her family had hoped for something better for their daughter.I hope to get a job within the next two weeks.həʊp VERB
noun
- (sometimes plural) a feeling of desire for something and confidence in the possibility of its fulfilment ⇒ his hope for peace was justified , their hopes were dashed
- a reasonable ground for this feeling ⇒ there is still hope
- a person or thing that gives cause for hope
- a thing, situation, or event that is desired ⇒ my hope is that prices will fall
- See not a hope
verb
- (transitive; takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to desire (something) with some possibility of fulfilment ⇒ we hope you can come , I hope to tell you
- (intransitive) often foll by for to have a wish (for a future event, situation, etc)
- (transitive; takes a clause as object) to trust, expect, or believe ⇒ we hope that this is satisfactory
noun
- Anthony, real name Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins. 1863–1933, English novelist; author of The Prisoner of Zenda (1894)
- Bob, real name Leslie Townes Hope. 1903–2003, US comedian and comic actor, born in England. His films include The Cat and the Canary (1939), Road to Morocco (1942), and The Paleface (1947). He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 1998
- David (Michael). Baron. born 1940, British churchman, Archbishop of York (1995–2005)