Dictionary hoping
- is hoping a verb
- is hoping a verb or adjective
- is hope a verb or noun
- is hope a verb or adverb
Hoping pronunciation.
hoping vs.Hopping meaning
hopping
hoping vs. hopping: What's the difference?
Hoping is a form of the verb to hope, while hopping is a form of the verb to hop. When writing the -ing form for verbs with a single final consonant, you usually double the final consonant—as in sit/sitting, rub/rubbing, forget/forgetting.
Meanwhile, for verbs ending in a silent -e, you usually drop the -e, as in create/creating, make/making, whine/whining.
noun
the act of one who hopes:
The time for talk and hoping is over; now is the time for action.
adjective
working energetically; busily engaged:
He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.
going from one place or situation to another of a similar specified type (usually used in combination):
restaurant-hopping.
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