Definition of "hoped" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of hope. (verb)

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• "The fact his plans haven't worked as well as hoped is more a sign of how deep the recession was established before he was elected than anything else ... but both parties are still to blame."
• "Paul Martin hoped to counter with two familiar tactics: denouncing the United States and insinuating that the Conservatives have a hidden far-right-wing agenda that they are just waiting to spring on Canada with the cynical assistance of the Bloc Québecois."
• "This administration, though not as transparent as I had hoped, is far more transparent than the one that Mr. Rove was in."