# hoped

Pronunciation: say "HOHPT" US /hoʊpt/, UK /həʊpt/

## Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of hope. — simple past and past participle of hope
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of hope. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.
   - _The villagers hoped the rains would arrive before the crops failed._
   - _Investors had hoped the merger would lift share prices._

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