dream
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
the sleeping state in which this occurs.
an object seen in a dream.
an involuntary vision occurring to a person when awake.
a vision voluntarily indulged in while awake; daydream; reverie.
an aspiration; goal; aim: A trip to Europe is his dream.
a wild or vain fancy.
something of an unreal beauty, charm, or excellence.
to have a dream.
to indulge in daydreams or reveries: He dreamed about vacation plans when he should have been working.
to think or conceive of something in a very remote way (usually followed by of): I wouldn't dream of asking them.
to see or imagine in sleep or in a vision.
to imagine as if in a dream; fancy; suppose.
to pass or spend (time) in dreaming (often followed by away): to dream away the afternoon.
most desirable; ideal: a dream vacation.
dream up, to form in the imagination; devise: They dreamed up the most impossible plan.
Origin of dream
1synonym study For dream
Other words from dream
- dreamful, adjective
- dream·ful·ly, adverb
- dream·ful·ness, noun
- dream·ing·ly, adverb
- dreamlike, adjective
- re·dream, verb, re·dreamed or re·dreamt, re·dream·ing.
- un·dreamed, adjective
- un·dream·ing, adjective
- un·dream·like, adjective
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How to use dream in a sentence
His dream project is to make a kind of TikTok for music creation—an interface that makes it really easy for non-musicians to play with music editing, share their creations, and express themselves.
Create your own moody quarantine music with Google’s AI | Karen Hao | September 4, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewSo they must rely on the company to make those dreams come true, and it is remarkably inconsistent in doing so.
Nintendo rips the seal off the next generation of nostalgia, but fans fret | Devin Coldewey | September 3, 2020 | TechCrunchYouth must visualize the options for their future, and feel anything they dream is attainable.
We won’t have a true economic recovery until we tackle the racial wealth gap | matthewheimer | September 1, 2020 | FortuneThe real estate deal involves a dream home built several years ago by David Rossi and his wife, Lesley Matheson, longtime business associates of Singh’s.
The Mystery House: How a Suspicious Multimillion Dollar Real Estate Deal Is Connected to California’s Deadliest Fire | by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation | August 26, 2020 | ProPublicaMake Believe celebrates those who have ventured into the unknown in pursuit of making their dreams a reality.
There is one dreamlike setting in the story called “ROMA”; this is more or less like Rome and mentions specific places in it.
I suppose if I lived in New York this would not seem so dreamlike.
National Book Award Winner Louise Erdrich: How I Write | Noah Charney | December 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWhere did acclaimed outsider artist Henry Darger draw inspiration for his dreamlike murals?
But Molly did not laugh, as he himself had laughed on that faraway, dreamlike evening in his rooms.
Molly Make-Believe | Eleanor Hallowell AbbottI rode past dim outlines of houses and through vague, dreamlike villages without seeing a soul or hearing a sound.
The Yeoman Adventurer | George W. GoughA night wondrously clear and of a colour unknown to our climate; a place of dreamlike aspect, fraught with mystery.
Egypt (La Mort De Philae) | Pierre LotiThe atmosphere is strange, almost nightmareish, with the Dutchman theme sounding up at intervals, dreamlike.
Richard Wagner | John F. RuncimanShe read it, as she did everything that day, in a dreamlike rapidity and quietness, and showed it to Dr. Melton without comment.
The Squirrel-Cage | Dorothy Canfield
British Dictionary definitions for dream
/ (driːm) /
mental activity, usually in the form of an imagined series of events, occurring during certain phases of sleep
(as modifier): a dream sequence
(in combination): dreamland Related adjective: oneiric
a sequence of imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; daydream; fantasy
(as modifier): a dream world
a person or thing seen or occurring in a dream
a cherished hope; ambition; aspiration
a vain hope
a person or thing that is as pleasant, or seemingly unreal, as a dream
go like a dream to move, develop, or work very well
(may take a clause as object) to undergo or experience (a dream or dreams)
(intr) to indulge in daydreams
(intr) to suffer delusions; be unrealistic: you're dreaming if you think you can win
(when intr, foll by of or about) to have an image (of) or fantasy (about) in or as if in a dream
(intr foll by of) to consider the possibility (of): I wouldn't dream of troubling you
too good to be true; ideal: dream kitchen
Origin of dream
1- See also dream up
Derived forms of dream
- dreamful, adjective
- dreamfully, adverb
- dreaming, noun, adjective
- dreamingly, adverb
- dreamless, adjective
- dreamlessly, adverb
- dreamlessness, noun
- dreamlike, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with 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
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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