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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dream /drim/USA pronunciation n., v., dreamed or dreamt/drɛmt/USA pronunciation dream•ing, adj. n. [countable] - Psychologya sequence of images passing through the mind during sleep:I had another dream about living abroad.
- a state of the mind in which one does not pay attention to one's surroundings:[usually: singular* a + ~]He's walking around in a dream these days.
- a reverie about the future;
reverie:her dream of riches and success. - a goal;
aim;
hope;
aspiration:It had always been our dream to take the children to Europe. - something of unreal or striking excellence:The sports car is a dream to drive.
v. - [no object] to have a dream.
- to see or imagine in sleep or in a vision: [~ + object]We dream all sorts of dreams.[~ + (that) clause]I dreamed that a monster was chasing me.[~ + of/about + object]I dreamed of you last night.
- to be lost in thought;
pass (time) in dreaming: [no object]Stop dreaming and get back to work.[~ + away + object]He's dreaming away his days.[~ + object + away]He's dreaming his days away. - dream of, [~ + of + object] to consider, think about, or give serious thought to:I wouldn't dream of leaving this great job.
- dream up, to create or form in the imagination;
conceive: [~ + up + object]He dreamed up a new plan to save money.[~ + object + up]He dreamed the whole thing up.
adj. [before a noun] - most desirable;
ideal:a dream vacation.
dream•er, n. [countable]He was too much of a dreamer for the business world. dream•less, adj. dream•like, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dream (drēm),USA pronunciation n., v., dreamed or dreamt, dream•ing, adj. n. - Psychologya 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.
v.i. - 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 fol. by of ):I wouldn't dream of asking them.
v.t. - 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 fol. by away):to dream away the afternoon.
- dream up, to form in the imagination;
devise:They dreamed up the most impossible plan.
adj. - most desirable;
ideal:a dream vacation.
- 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 Middle English but presumably also current in Old English, as in Old Saxon
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dream /driːm/ n - 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(s): 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
vb (dreams, dreaming, dreamed, dreamt /drɛmt/)- (may take a clause as object) to undergo or experience (a dream or dreams)
- (intransitive) to indulge in daydreams
- (intransitive) to suffer delusions; be unrealistic: you're dreaming if you think you can win
- when intr, followed by of or about: to have an image (of) or fantasy (about) in or as if in a dream
- (intransitive) followed by of: to consider the possibility (of): I wouldn't dream of troubling you
adj - too good to be true; ideal: dream kitchen
See also dream upEtymology: Old English drēam song; related to Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr, Greek thrulos noise |