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dream
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- pronunciation:
- drim
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- phrases:
- dream up
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Grammatical Patterns
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a series of images or visions that accompany sleep, or that occur during waking reverie.
I had a very vivid dream last night.
- similar words:
- daydream, fantasy, hallucination, nightmare, phantasmagoria, reverie, vision
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| definition 2: |
the period of sleep during which dreaming occurs.
The sound of a barking dog broke into her dream. |
| definition 3: |
a strongly held purpose or goal.
To act on the stage had been her dream since childhood.I still have a dream of becoming a doctor.- synonyms:
- hope, vision
- similar words:
- aim, ambition, aspiration, goal, intention, purpose
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| definition 4: |
a fanciful idea.
Adding a balcony to the house was just another one of my little dreams.- synonyms:
- fancy, notion, whimsy
- similar words:
- conceit, crotchet, illusion, pipe dream
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| definition 5: |
a thing or person that is absolutely beautiful or perfect.
Her new kitchen is a dream!I used to think the neighbor boy was a dream.- synonyms:
- vision
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| related words: |
delusion, design, fancy, hope, whim |
adjective + (n.)dream
awake,
bad,
broken,
cherished,
disturbing,
elusive,
entrepreneurial,
erotic,
flying,
fond,
forgotten,
impossible,
lifelong,
lucid,
pleasant,
prophetic,
recurrent,
recurring,
restless,
shattered,
strange,
sweet,
tangerine,
terrifying,
troubling,
unfulfilled,
unrealized,
utopian,
vivid,
wet,
wild,
youthful
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verb + (n.)dream
achieve, awake, awaken, chase, cling, conjure, dare, fulfil, fulfill, harbor, haunt, hoop, nurture, pursue, realize, relive, wake
(n.)dream
+ verb
dash, defer, materialize, recur, shatter
noun + (n.)dream
boyhood, childhood, dreamer, fever, flashback, fulfillment, girlhood, hoop, hope, interpretation, inventor, longing, marketer, midsummer, pipe, realization, requiem, sleep, waking, wish
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
dreams, dreaming, dreamed, dreamt |
| definition 1: |
to have a dream or vision during sleep.
I sleep, but I never seem to dream.She often dreams about her mother. |
| definition 2: |
to have daydreams or fantasies.
You never do anything with your life; you're always dreaming!- 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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| definition 4: |
to imagine something with a desire for its becoming reality (usu. fol. by "of").
The refugees dream of a better life for their children.He dreamt of stardom. |
| related words: |
aspire, daydream, hope, imagine, romance, think |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to see or experience during sleep or reverie.
Last night I dreamed that I was back in school.[verb + (that) + clause
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- similar words:
- fantasy, hallucinate
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| definition 2: |
to envision; imagine.
I never dreamed that I would have to make such a difficult choice in my life.[verb + (that) + clause
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- synonyms:
- envision, fantasize, imagine, picture, visualize
- similar words:
- fancy, fantasy, image
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| definition 3: |
to have as a wish, aim, or hope, even if difficult or unobtainable.
I always dreamed that we would meet again.[verb + (that) + clause
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- similar words:
- fantasize, hope, wish
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| definition 4: |
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 |
adverb + (v.)dream
always, continually, ever, never, perchance, secretly, soundly
(v.)dream
+ adverb
loud, someday
(v.)dream
+ noun
adventure, astronaut, catcher, dragon, dreaming, escape, flying, lottery, nightmare, premonition, scheme, spire
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| phrase: |
dream up |
| derivations: |
dreamless (adj.), dreamer (n.) |
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