Dictionary

hoped for en · ADJ

Meanings

1. desired; wished for.
   • There had never before been a known case of fraudulent claim of this sort. The man received, not his hoped-for £4,000, but eighteen months imprisonment instead. 1958 May 14, Rev. A. W. V. Mace, “North Wales and the "Irish Mail"”, in Railway Magazine, page 310:
   • Unfortunately, the job opportunities they are seeking are often more hoped for than real, […] 1968, Leonard E. Goodall, The American Metropolis, page 5:

Forms

Deriveds

unhoped-for

Relateds

longed-for

Translations (3)

pl oczekiwany (desired; wished for) · ar مَأْمُول (desired; wished for) · ar مَرْجُوّ (desired; wished for)