dreamt

[ dremt ]

/ drɛmt /

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verb

a simple past tense and past participle of dream.

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OTHER WORDS FROM dreamt

un·dreamt, adjective

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dreamer, dreamland, dreamless, dream merchant, dreamscape, dreamt, dream team, dream ticket, dreamtime, dream up, dream vision

How to use dreamt in a sentence

Michele Lloyd, a former Paparazzi consultant from Pennsylvania, says she “dreamt” of going to the company’s convention, Celebrate Paparazzi, for three years.
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The designer originally dreamt up the ideas for STAR with Alex Malybaev, from the FIRMA branding agency.
The World's Most Beautiful Boat—Yours for Half a Billion Dollars|Tim Teeman|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She dreamt of having another life after this one, as a girl.
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Since then, Randolph dreamt of bring hundreds of thousands of people to Washington to speak with one voice for jobs and rights.
What Was the Goal of MLK’s March on Washington?|Charles Euchner|July 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST

For two magic years, Johnson led the liberal coalition that FDR had dreamt of.
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“I know when you were young girls / You dreamt of being in my world,” she sings.
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He dreamt of a serpent coiling around his throat, and when he strove to grasp it the slimy thing glided away from his clutch.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Chaucer dreamt that he was one of the men posted to watch which way the hart went, and to keep the bounds.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
They strove together, the devil and Worse, from morning until evening, and at night when he dreamt.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
No, he could not bear to become poor again, and he would not give up the delights he had dreamt of.
The Everlasting Arms|Joseph Hocking
But in the night, betwixt Monday and Tuesday, he had cramps, and dreamt the devils were pulling him by the feet.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche|Anatole France

British Dictionary definitions for dreamt

dreamt

/ (drɛmt) /

verb

a past tense and past participle of dream

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