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
With his funds for travel and tournament fees running out, failure would mean returning home and abandoning his dream.
In that case the impetus to go interstellar might have nothing to do with dreams of exploration or empire, but all to do with fundamental biology.
How Life Could Continue to Evolve - Issue 88: Love & Sex | Caleb Scharf | August 12, 2020 | NautilusIt isn’t easy for cricketers to give up dreams of playing for their national teams.
He ended up at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art on a scholarship, thwarting his parents’ dream of his becoming a lawyer.
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage and many colleges stay largely online, a growing number of students are choosing to defer higher education instead of accepting a remote college experience unlike anything they’ve grown up dreaming of.
A practical man who refused to run from the dreams that always drove him.
Understanding my own dreams had a lot to do with getting me off the juice.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOr will we simply see more senseless bloodshed and another generation of Palestinians defer their dreams of a homeland?
In the Middle East, the Two-State Solution Is Dead | Dean Obeidallah | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTLike I said, in spite of or because of my circumstances, I was able to accomplish my dreams.
I was told before my first trip that no city in the world offered the dreams you could have sleeping in Havana.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind | Brin-Jonathan Butler | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThe vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another: as when a man's likeness is before the face of a man.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousI was once present at a dispute between a layman and a clergyman, upon the subject of dreams.
I slept some hours, but was perpetually disturbed with dreams of the place I had left, and the dangers I had escaped.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftMany times, in his dreams and in his waking thoughts, he had lived over scenes similar to this.
Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
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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