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dream
- pronunciation:
- drim
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- dream up
- features:
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a series of images or visions that accompany sleep, or that occur during waking reverie.
- similar words:
- daydream, fantasy, hallucination, nightmare, phantasmagoria, reverie, vision
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| definition 2: |
the period of sleep during which dreaming occurs.
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| definition 3: |
a strongly held purpose or goal.
- synonyms:
- hope, vision
- similar words:
- aim, ambition, aspiration, goal, intention, purpose
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| definition 4: |
a fanciful idea.
- synonyms:
- fancy, notion, whimsy
- similar words:
- conceit, crotchet, illusion, pipe dream
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| definition 5: |
one that is beautiful or fine.
- synonyms:
- vision
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| related words: |
delusion, design, fancy, hope, whim |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
dreamed, dreaming, dreams, dreamt |
| definition 1: |
to see or experience during sleep or reverie.
- similar words:
- fantasy, hallucinate
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| definition 2: |
to imagine or think of (usu. fol. by of).
We dream of a better life.- synonyms:
- envision, fantasize, imagine, picture, visualize
- similar words:
- fancy, fantasy, image
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| definition 3: |
to spend (time) by daydreaming (often fol. by away).
He dreamed away the entire morning.- similar words:
- drowse
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| related words: |
trust |
| phrase: |
dream up |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to have a dream or vision during sleep.
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| definition 2: |
to have daydreams or fantasies.
- synonyms:
- daydream, fantasize, imagine, stargaze, visualize
- similar words:
- fantasy
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| definition 3: |
to remotely consider.
I wouldn't dream of leaving the baby alone in the park.- similar words:
- consider, entertain, fantasy
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| related words: |
aspire, daydream, hope, imagine, romance, think |
| derivations: |
dreamless (adj.), dreamer (n.) |
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