hoped
v.v. wanted something to happen or be true in the past. You use this when you felt positive about a future possibility.
v. the past tense and past participle of 'hope', expressing a desire for a certain event to happen or for a situation to be true. Often followed by a 'that' clause or an infinitive.
I hoped you would come to the party.
She hoped for a sunny day so she could finally take her new boat out on the lake.
While the initial results were disappointing, the team hoped that the second phase of the experiment would yield the data necessary to secure their funding for another year.
Intransitive when followed by 'for' or a 'that' clause; often takes an infinitive ('hoped to see').
I hoped for win the raceI hoped to win the raceWhen followed by an action, use the infinitive 'to' rather than the preposition 'for'.