daydreamday‧dream1 /ˈdeɪdriːm/ ●○○ verb [intransitive] 
Verb Table Examples
What are you daydreaming about? There’s work to be done.► see thesaurus at imagine—daydreamer noun [countable]
Verb TableVERB TABLE
daydream
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | daydream |
| he, she, it | daydreams | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | daydreamed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have daydreamed |
| he, she, it | has daydreamed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had daydreamed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will daydream |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have daydreamed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am daydreaming |
| he, she, it | is daydreaming | |
| you, we, they | are daydreaming | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was daydreaming |
| you, we, they | were daydreaming | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been daydreaming |
| he, she, it | has been daydreaming | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been daydreaming |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be daydreaming |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been daydreaming |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Almost anyone who has ever read a good book has daydreamed about writing his or her own best-seller.
- At school, he was always being told to 'stop daydreaming'.
- Blackthorne was sitting alone in a corner of the garden, daydreaming.
- Carol sat at her desk, daydreaming about meeting Mel Gibson.
- Colin began to daydream about what he would do if he won the lottery.
- Daniel was a quiet child who daydreamed in class.
- Many women daydream about having time to themselves.
- Mark had begun to daydream, and didn't even hear the teacher's question.
- When Charles tapped me on the shoulder I was daydreaming of golden beaches and palm trees.
- As children, we learn that we shouldn't daydream.
- Irene daydreamed incessantly of hilly streets, cable cars, Chinatown and Rice-o-Roni.
- The old hands were less excited and settled down to daydream the time away until supper.
- These seem amazing facts in a country which daydreams about exporting its democracy.
- This is a wonderful place to daydream and dawdle.
- Those who have been daydreaming or carving their initials into the desktops sit up.
- You crumple the paper and begin daydreaming to ease the frustration.
THESAURUS► imagine
to think about something pleasant, especially when this makes you forget what you should be doing → dreamdaydream about to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something might be like: · When I think of Honolulu, I imagine long white beaches and palm trees.· I can’t really imagine being a millionaire.
► visualize to form a picture of someone or something in your mind, especially something that is definitely going to happen or exist in the future: · Anna visualized meeting Greg again at the airport.· The finished house may be hard to visualize.
► picture to form a clear picture of something or someone in your mind: · I can still picture my father, even though he died a long time ago.· The town was just how she had pictured it from his description.
► envisage especially British English, envision to imagine something as possible or likely to happen in the future: · How do you envisage your career developing over the next ten years?· They had envisioned the creation of a single armed force, small but efficient.
► conceive of something formal to imagine a situation, especially one that is difficult to imagine: · For many people, music is so important that they cannot conceive of life without it.
► fantasize to imagine something exciting that you would like to happen, but that is very unlikely to happen: · I used to fantasize about becoming a film star.
► daydream to imagine pleasant things, so that you forget where you are and what you should be doing: · Mark began to daydream, and didn’t even hear the teacher’s question.
► hallucinate to imagine that you are seeing things that are not really there, especially because you are ill or have taken drugs: · The drug can cause some people to hallucinate.· When I saw the walls moving, I thought I must be hallucinating.
Longman Language Activatornot paying attention to what is happening► not pay attention · What did the announcers just say? I wasn't paying attention.not pay attention to · When you're young, you don't pay attention to what your parents are saying half the time.
► daydream to not pay attention because you are thinking about pleasant things or imagining things that you would like to happen: · Blackthorne was sitting alone in a corner of the garden, daydreaming.daydream about: · Almost anyone who has ever read a good book has daydreamed about writing his or her own best-seller.
► switch off British informal to stop paying attention to something because you are bored, or to stop thinking about your work after you have finished in the evening and relax: · In the end I got sick of the conversation and switched off.· It's difficult for teachers to switch off when they go home at night.
► be miles away British spoken to not be paying attention to anything or anyone around you and seem to be thinking about something very different: · Sorry, I was miles away. What did you say?· I don't mean to disturb you, you looked miles away -- but there's a call for you.
► your mind wanders if your mind wanders you are no longer paying attention, usually because you are bored or because something is worrying you: · I tried hard to concentrate, but my mind kept wandering.your mind wanders to/from: · His mind wandered to the things he was trying not to think about.let your mind wander: · Corrinne let her mind wander back to the days when they first met.
► inattentive someone who is inattentive does not pay attention to something when they are expected to: · Roger was hyperactive and inattentive as a child.· In spite of the inattentive servers and the bad decor, it's worth eating at Leon's for the great cheap food. inattentive to: · The government is still being accused of being inattentive to the plight of the Health Service.
► lose (your) concentration if you lose your concentration , you stop being able to think carefully about what you are doing, for example because you are suddenly interrupted: · Sensing that the team was losing their concentration, Barret called a time out.· With too much homework, children may lose concentration and stop progressing.
to have a dream► have a dream · He had a dream in which he was running through the forest, being chased by a bear.have a dream about · I keep having the same dream about trying to get across a deep river.
► dream past tense and past participle dreamt British or dreamed American to have a dream or have dreams: · Do animals dream?· I hoped that someone would wake me up, that I had only been dreaming.dream about/of: · I dreamt about you last night.· Stephanie often dreams of long sea journeys.dream (that): · I dreamed that I was lying on a beach in the Caribbean.· Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
► daydream to think pleasant thoughts when you are awake and when you should be paying attention to something else: · At school, he was always being told to 'stop daydreaming'.daydream about: · Colin began to daydream about what he would do if he won the lottery.
to imagine something you want to do or want to happen► fantasize also fantasise British to think about something that you would like to do or that you would like to happen, especially when it is very unlikely that you will do it or that it will happen: fantasize about doing something: · I often fantasize about living in a big house with tennis courts and a swimming pool.· Many men fantasize about sleeping with someone who is not their partner.
► daydream to spend a short time imagining something pleasant, so that you forget where you are and what you are doing, especially when you are bored: · Mark had begun to daydream, and didn't even hear the teacher's question.daydream about/of: · Carol sat at her desk, daydreaming about meeting Mel Gibson.· When Charles tapped me on the shoulder I was daydreaming of golden beaches and palm trees.
► dream to imagine something pleasant that you would like to do or to happen, especially if it is possible that it might happen: dream of/about: · When I was at college I dreamed of becoming a great novelist.· Going abroad for a holiday was something our grandparents could only dream about.dream (that): · Maura had never dreamt that she could feel like this.
What are you daydreaming about? There’s work to be done.► see thesaurus at imagine—daydreamer noun [countable]