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decorum
the act of or need for making up one's mind.
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
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Origin of dream

1200–50; Middle English dreem, Old English drēam joy, mirth, gladness, cognate with Old Saxon drōm mirth, dream, Old Norse draumr, Old High German troum dream; modern sense first recorded in ME but presumably also current in Old English, as in Old Saxon

synonym study for dream

1. Dream, nightmare, and vision refer to the kinds of mental images that form during sleep. Dream is the general term for any such succession of images. A nightmare is a dream that brings fear or anxiety: frightened by a nightmare. Vision refers to a series of images of unusual vividness, clarity, order, and significance, sometimes seen in a dream.

OTHER WORDS FROM dream

Words nearby dream

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Definition for dreaming (2 of 2)

dreamtime
[ dreem-tahym ]
/ ˈdrimˌtaɪm /

noun

(often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
Also called alcheringa, the dreaming.

Origin of dreamtime

First recorded in 1905–10; dream + time
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Words related to dreaming

absent-minded

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British Dictionary definitions for dreaming (1 of 2)

Dreamtime
/ (ˈdriːmtaɪm) /

noun

Also called: alchera (ˈæltʃərə), alcheringa (in the mythology of Australian Aboriginal peoples) a mythical Golden Age of the past
Australian informal any remote period, out of touch with the actualities of the present

British Dictionary definitions for dreaming (2 of 2)

dream
/ (driːm) /

noun

verb dreams, dreaming, dreamed or dreamt (drɛmt)

adjective

too good to be true; idealdream kitchen
See also dream up

Derived forms of dream

Word Origin for dream

Old English drēam song; related to Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr, Greek thrulos noise
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Medical definitions for dreaming

dream
[ drēm ]

n.

A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
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Idioms and Phrases with dreaming

dream
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