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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
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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.
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.
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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
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Word Origin for dream
Old English drēam song; related to Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr, Greek thrulos noise
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Medicine 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
In addition to the idioms beginning with dream
- dream come true, a
- dream up
also see:
- pipe dream
- sweet dreams
- wouldn't dream of
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