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dream
(drēm)n.
1. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
2. A daydream; a reverie.
3. A state of abstraction; a trance: wandering around in a dream.
4. A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration: a dream of owning their own business.
5. A wild fancy or unrealistic hope: He knew that playing for a professional team was only a dream.
6. Informal One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful: Her boyfriend is a dream.
v. dreamed or dreamt (drĕmt), dream·ing, dreams
v.intr.
1. To experience a dream in sleep: dreamed of meeting an old friend.
2. To daydream: sat there dreaming during class.
3. To have a deep aspiration or hope: dreaming of a world at peace.
4. To regard something as feasible or practical: I wouldn't dream of skiing on icy slopes.
v.tr.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. To experience a dream of while asleep: Did it storm last night, or did I dream it?
2. To conceive as possible; imagine: We never dreamed it would snow so much.
3. To have as an aspiration or hope: She dreams that she will become a pilot.
4. To pass (time) idly or in reverie.
dream on Informal
Used in the imperative to indicate that a statement or suggestion is improbable or unrealistic.
dream up
To invent; concoct: dreamed up a plan to corner the market.
[Middle English drem, from Old English drēam, joy, music; akin to Old Saxon drōm, mirth, dream.]
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dream
(driːm)n
1. (Psychology)
a. mental activity, usually in the form of an imagined series of events, occurring during certain phases of sleep
b. (as modifier): a dream sequence.
c. (in combination): dreamland. oneiric
2. (Psychology)
a. a sequence of imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; daydream; fantasy
b. (as modifier): a dream world.
3. a person or thing seen or occurring in a dream
4. a cherished hope; ambition; aspiration
5. a vain hope
6. a person or thing that is as pleasant, or seemingly unreal, as a dream
7. go like a dream to move, develop, or work very well
vb, dreams, dreaming, dreamed or dreamt (drɛmt)
8. (may take a clause as object) to undergo or experience (a dream or dreams)
9. (intr) to indulge in daydreams
10. (Psychology) (intr) to suffer delusions; be unrealistic: you're dreaming if you think you can win.
11. (when: intr, foll by of or about) to have an image (of) or fantasy (about) in or as if in a dream
12. (foll by: of) to consider the possibility (of): I wouldn't dream of troubling you.
adj
too good to be true; ideal: dream kitchen.
[Old English drēam song; related to Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr, Greek thrulos noise]
ˈdreamful adj
ˈdreamfully adv
ˈdreaming n, adj
ˈdreamingly adv
ˈdreamless adj
ˈdreamlessly adv
ˈdreamlessness n
ˈdreamˌlike adj
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dream
(drim)n., v. dreamed dreamt, dream•ing, n.
1. a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
2. a particular sequence of such images, thoughts, or feelings: a recurring dream about a circus.
3. an involuntary vision occurring to a person when awake.
4. a daydream or reverie.
5. an aspiration; goal; aim.
6. a wild or vain fancy.
7. something of unreal or striking beauty, charm, or excellence.
v.i. 8. to have a dream.
9. to indulge in daydreams or reveries.
10. to conceive of something in a very remote way (usu. fol. by of): I wouldn't dream of leaving.
v.t. 11. to see or imagine in sleep or in a vision.
12. to imagine as possible; fancy; conceive.
13. to pass or spend (time) in dreaming (often fol. by away): to dream away the afternoon.
14. dream up, to form in the imagination; devise.
adj. 15. most desirable; ideal: a dream vacation.
[before 1000; Middle English dreem, Old English drēam joy, mirth]
dream′ful, adj.
dream′ful•ly, adv.
dream′ful•ness, n.
dream′ing•ly, adv.
dream′like`, adj.
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dream
Dream can be a noun or a verb. The past tense and -ed participle of the verb is either dreamed /driːmd/ or dreamt /dremt/.
Dreamed is more common in American English.
1. used as a noun
A dream is an imaginary series of events that you experience in your mind while you are asleep.
In his dream he was sitting in a theatre watching a play.
You say that someone has a dream.
The other night I had a strange dream.
Sam has bad dreams every night.
You don't usually say that someone 'dreams a dream'.
A dream is also a situation or event that you often think about because you would like it to happen.
My dream is to have a house in the country.
His dream of becoming a pilot had come true.
2. used as a verb
When someone experiences imaginary events while they are asleep, you can say that they dream something happens or dream that something happens.
I dreamed Marnie was in trouble.
Daniel dreamt that he was back in Minneapolis.
You can also say that someone dreams about someone or something or dreams of them.
Last night I dreamed about you.
I dreamt of him every night.
When someone thinks about a situation that they would like to happen, you can say that they dream of having something or dream of doing something.
He dreamt of having a car.
I've always dreamed of becoming a writer.
Be Careful!
Don't say that someone 'dreams to have' something or 'dreams to do' something.
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dream
Past participle: dreamed/dreamt
Gerund: dreaming
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| Noun | 1. |  dream - a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night"sleeping - the state of being asleep imagery, imaging, mental imagery, imagination - the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination" nightmare - a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream wet dream - an erotic dream (usually at night) accompanied by the (nocturnal) emission of semen |
| 2. |  dream - imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"imagination, imaginativeness, vision - the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be" air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie, revery - absentminded dreaming while awake woolgathering - an idle indulgence in fantasy | |
| 3. |  dream - a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state American Dream - the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did emulation - ambition to equal or excel nationalism - the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination | |
| 4. |  dream - a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe" | |
| 5. | dream - a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream" | |
| 6. | dream - someone or something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream" | |
| Verb | 1. | dream - have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
| 2. | dream - experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene" perceive, comprehend - to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
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dream
noun
1. vision, nightmare, illusion, delusion, hallucination, reverie I had a dream that I was in an old house.
2. ambition, wish, fantasy, plan, hope, goal, design, aim, desire, objective, aspiration, Holy Grail (informal), pipe dream My dream is to have a house in the country.
verb
1. have dreams, have a dream, have nightmares, have a nightmare, hallucinate She dreamt about her baby.
2. daydream, be preoccupied, stare into space, be in a trance, be lost in thought, be in cloud-cuckoo-land, stargaze, be in a reverie, build castles in the air or in Spain She spent most of her time looking out of the window and dreaming.
dream of something or someone daydream about, wish to, fantasize about, hope for, desire to, long for, aspire to, hunger for, hanker after, set your heart on She dreamed of going to work overseas.
dream something up invent, create, imagine, devise, hatch, contrive, concoct, think up, cook up (informal), spin I dreamed up a plan.
Quotations
"We are such stuff"
"As dreams are made on, and our little life"
"Is rounded with a sleep" [William Shakespeare The Tempest]
"I talk of dreams;"
"Which are the children of an idle brain,"
"Begot of nothing but vain fantasy" [William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet]
"Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams" [Ralph Waldo Emerson Journals]
"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood" [Martin Luther King speech at 1963 Civil Rights March]
"We are such stuff"
"As dreams are made on, and our little life"
"Is rounded with a sleep" [William Shakespeare The Tempest]
"I talk of dreams;"
"Which are the children of an idle brain,"
"Begot of nothing but vain fantasy" [William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet]
"Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams" [Ralph Waldo Emerson Journals]
"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood" [Martin Luther King speech at 1963 Civil Rights March]
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dream
noun1. An illusory mental image:
2. A fantastic, impracticable plan or desire:
3. A fervent hope, wish, or goal:
1. To experience dreams or daydreams:
2. To have a fervent hope or aspiration:
Idioms: reach for the stars, set one's heart on.
dream up
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Translations
senmít sensnítpohádkasnění
drømdrømmehåb
uneksiauniunelmaunelmoidahaave
sansanjatisnivatisanjaritinadati
álmodikálomálomszépábránd
mimpi
draumurdreymadraumur; frábærdagdraumur
夢夢を見る
꿈꿈꾸다
noxsomniaresomnium
sapnassapnuotisusimąstymassvajingaisvajingas
sapnissapņošanasapņot
visvisa
sen
sanjatisanjesanjariti
drömdrömma
ndoto-ota
ความฝันฝัน
giấc mơmơ
dream
[driːm] (dreamed (dreamt (vb: pt, pp)))A. N
1. (while asleep) → sueño m
a bad dream → una pesadilla
I had a dream that my father had died → soñé que mi padre se había muerto
to have a dream about sth/sb → soñar con algo/algn
to see sth in a dream → ver algo en sueños
sweet dreams! → ¡que sueñes con los angelitos!
see also wet D
a bad dream → una pesadilla
I had a dream that my father had died → soñé que mi padre se había muerto
to have a dream about sth/sb → soñar con algo/algn
to see sth in a dream → ver algo en sueños
sweet dreams! → ¡que sueñes con los angelitos!
see also wet D
3. (= fantasy, ideal) → sueño m
my (fondest) dream is to → el sueño de mi vida es ..., mi mayor ilusión es ...
the house/man/woman of my dreams → mi casa/hombre/mujer ideal, la casa/el hombre/la mujer de mis sueños
the museum was an archaeologist's dream → para un arqueólogo, el museo era un sueño
he thinks he's every girl's dream → se cree que es el tipo ideal para cualquier chica
the American Dream → el sueño americano
it was like a dream come true → fue como un sueño hecho realidad
a dream holiday in Jamaica → unas vacaciones de ensueño en Jamaica
in your dreams! → ¡ni en sueños!
she succeeded beyond her wildest dreams → consiguió más éxito del que jamás había soñado
never in my wildest dreams did I expect to win → ni en mis sueños más dorados hubiera podido imaginar que ganaría
he lives in a dream world → vive en un mundo de fantasía or de ensueño
in a dream world no one would be poor → en un mundo ideal, nadie sería pobre
see also pipe D
my (fondest) dream is to → el sueño de mi vida es ..., mi mayor ilusión es ...
the house/man/woman of my dreams → mi casa/hombre/mujer ideal, la casa/el hombre/la mujer de mis sueños
the museum was an archaeologist's dream → para un arqueólogo, el museo era un sueño
he thinks he's every girl's dream → se cree que es el tipo ideal para cualquier chica
the American Dream → el sueño americano
it was like a dream come true → fue como un sueño hecho realidad
a dream holiday in Jamaica → unas vacaciones de ensueño en Jamaica
in your dreams! → ¡ni en sueños!
she succeeded beyond her wildest dreams → consiguió más éxito del que jamás había soñado
never in my wildest dreams did I expect to win → ni en mis sueños más dorados hubiera podido imaginar que ganaría
he lives in a dream world → vive en un mundo de fantasía or de ensueño
in a dream world no one would be poor → en un mundo ideal, nadie sería pobre
see also pipe D
4. (= marvel) "how was the holiday?" - "it was a dream!" → -¿qué tal las vacaciones? -¡de ensueño!
it worked like a dream → funcionó de maravilla or a las mil maravillas
that car goes like a dream → ese coche funciona de maravilla
it worked like a dream → funcionó de maravilla or a las mil maravillas
that car goes like a dream → ese coche funciona de maravilla
B. VT
1. (while asleep) → soñar
I dreamed that I was being chased → soñé que me perseguían
I dreamed a strange dream → tuve un sueño extraño
I dreamed that I was being chased → soñé que me perseguían
I dreamed a strange dream → tuve un sueño extraño
C. VI
1. (while asleep) → soñar (of, about con)
2. (= daydream) → estar en las nubes
I'm sorry, I was dreaming → disculpa, estaba en las nubes or pensando en las musarañas
I'm sorry, I was dreaming → disculpa, estaba en las nubes or pensando en las musarañas
3. (= fantasize) → soñar
she dreamed of having her own business → soñaba con llegar a tener su propio negocio
they have a lifestyle most of us only dream of or about → llevan un tren de vida que para la mayoría de nosotros no pasa de ser un sueño
dream on! → ¡ni en sueños!
she dreamed of having her own business → soñaba con llegar a tener su propio negocio
they have a lifestyle most of us only dream of or about → llevan un tren de vida que para la mayoría de nosotros no pasa de ser un sueño
dream on! → ¡ni en sueños!
4. (= imagine) → soñar, imaginarse; (in neg context) → imaginarse
there were more than I'd ever dreamed of → había más de lo que jamás hubiera podido soñar or imaginar
who would ever dream of a disaster like this? → ¿quién hubiera podido imaginarse una catástrofe así?
there were more than I'd ever dreamed of → había más de lo que jamás hubiera podido soñar or imaginar
who would ever dream of a disaster like this? → ¿quién hubiera podido imaginarse una catástrofe así?
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dream
[ˈdriːm] [dreamed or dreamt] (pt, pp) n
[sleeper] → rêve m
It was just a dream → Ce n'était qu'un rêve.
to have a dream about sb/sth → rêver à qn/qch
sweet dreams! → faites de beaux rêves!
to be in a dream (= not concentrating) → être dans les nuages
it worked like a dream (= perfectly) [plan] → ça a marché comme sur des roulettes
not in my wildest dreams → même dans mes rêves les plus fous bad dream
It was just a dream → Ce n'était qu'un rêve.
to have a dream about sb/sth → rêver à qn/qch
sweet dreams! → faites de beaux rêves!
to be in a dream (= not concentrating) → être dans les nuages
it worked like a dream (= perfectly) [plan] → ça a marché comme sur des roulettes
not in my wildest dreams → même dans mes rêves les plus fous bad dream
(= ambition) → rêve m
a dream of doing sth → le rêve de faire qch
of one's dreams (= ideal) → de ses rêves
beyond one's wildest dreams (= better than one could have imagined) → au-delà de toutes ses espérances
success beyond our wildest dreams → un succès au-delà de toutes nos espérances
to be beyond sb's wildest dreams → être au-delà de toutes les espérances de qn, dépasser toutes les espérances de qn
a dream of doing sth → le rêve de faire qch
of one's dreams (= ideal) → de ses rêves
beyond one's wildest dreams (= better than one could have imagined) → au-delà de toutes ses espérances
success beyond our wildest dreams → un succès au-delà de toutes nos espérances
to be beyond sb's wildest dreams → être au-delà de toutes les espérances de qn, dépasser toutes les espérances de qn
vt
vi
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dream
vb: pret, ptp <dreamt (Brit) or dreamed>n
→ Traum m; to have a bad dream → schlecht träumen; the whole business was like a bad dream → die ganze Angelegenheit war wie ein böser Traum; sweet dreams! → träum was Schönes!, träume süß!; to have a dream about somebody/something → von jdm/etw träumen; to see somebody/something in a dream → jdn/etw im Traum sehen; life is a dream → das Leben ist nur ein Traum; it worked like a dream (inf) → das ging wie im Traum
(when awake) lost in dreams → traumverloren; she goes round in a dream → sie lebt wie im Traum; to be in a dream → (mit offenen Augen) träumen
(= fantasy, vision) → Traum m; the house/woman of his dreams → das Haus/die Frau seiner Träume, sein Traumhaus/seine Traumfrau; she was happy beyond her wildest dreams → sie war so glücklich, wie sie es in ihren kühnsten Träumen nicht für möglich gehalten hätte; never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d win → ich hätte in meinen kühnsten Träumen nicht gedacht, dass ich gewinnen würde; in your dreams! (inf) → das hättest du wohl gern!; to have dreams of becoming rich → davon träumen, reich zu werden; to make a dream come true for somebody, to make somebody’s dream come true → jdm einen Traum erfüllen; all his dreams came true → all seine Träume gingen in Erfüllung; it was a dream come true → es war ein Traum, der wahr geworden war; I have a dream of a better world → ich träume von einer besseren Welt; it’s just idle dreams → das sind nichts als Wunschträume
vi (lit, fig) → träumen (about, of von); I’m sorry, I was dreaming → es tut mir leid, ich habe geträumt; dream on! (inf) → träum du nur weiter!
vt (lit, fig) → träumen; dream → haben; he dreams of being free one day → er träumt davon, eines Tages frei zu sein; I would never have dreamed of doing such a thing → ich hätte nicht im Traum daran gedacht, so etwas zu tun; I wouldn’t dream of it → das würde mir nicht im Traum einfallen; I wouldn’t dream of telling her → es fiele mir nicht im Traum ein, es ihr zu erzählen; who would have dreamed it would be so complicated → wer hätte es sich träumen lassen, dass es so kompliziert sein würde; I never dreamed (that) he would come → ich hätte mir nie or nicht träumen lassen, dass er kommen würde
adj attr → Traum-; dreamboat (dated sl) → Traummann m; dream job → Traumjob m; dreamland → Traumland nt; dream world → Traumwelt f
dream
:dream ticket
dream world
n → Traumwelt f
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dream
[driːm] (dreamed or dreamt (vb: pt, pp))1. n → sogno
to have a dream about sb/sth → sognare di qn/qc
I had a bad dream → ho fatto un brutto sogno
sweet dreams! → sogni d'oro!
that museum is an archaeologist's dream → quel museo è un paradiso per gli archeologi
it worked like a dream → ha funzionato a meraviglia
she goes about in a dream → ha sempre la testa tra le nuvole
rich beyond his wildest dreams → ricco come non si era mai sognato in vita sua
isn't he a dream? → non è un sogno or un amore?
it's my dream house → è la casa dei miei sogni
dream world → mondo immaginario
to have a dream about sb/sth → sognare di qn/qc
I had a bad dream → ho fatto un brutto sogno
sweet dreams! → sogni d'oro!
that museum is an archaeologist's dream → quel museo è un paradiso per gli archeologi
it worked like a dream → ha funzionato a meraviglia
she goes about in a dream → ha sempre la testa tra le nuvole
rich beyond his wildest dreams → ricco come non si era mai sognato in vita sua
isn't he a dream? → non è un sogno or un amore?
it's my dream house → è la casa dei miei sogni
dream world → mondo immaginario
2. vt → sognare; (imagine) → sognarsi, credersi
I didn't dream that ... → non mi sarei mai sognato che... + sub
I didn't dream that ... → non mi sarei mai sognato che... + sub
3. vi → sognare; (imagine) → sognarsi
to dream (of or about sb/sth) → sognare ((di) qn/qc)
I wouldn't dream of it! → non me lo sognerei neanche!
I'm sorry, I was dreaming → mi scusi, stavo fantasticando
there were more than I'd ever dreamed of → ce n'erano di più di quanto avessi mai immaginato
to dream (of or about sb/sth) → sognare ((di) qn/qc)
I wouldn't dream of it! → non me lo sognerei neanche!
I'm sorry, I was dreaming → mi scusi, stavo fantasticando
there were more than I'd ever dreamed of → ce n'erano di più di quanto avessi mai immaginato
dream up vt + adv (reason, excuse) → inventare; (plan, idea) → escogitare
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dream
(driːm) noun1. thoughts and pictures in the mind that come mostly during sleep. I had a terrible dream last night.
2. a state of being completely occupied by one's own thoughts. Don't sit there in a dream!
3. something perfect or very beautiful. Your house is a dream!
4. an ambition or hope. It's my dream to win a Nobel Prize.
verb – past tense, past participles dreamed, ~dreamt (dremt) – (sometimes with of) to see visions and pictures in the mind, especially when asleep. For years I dreamed of being a great artist; I dreamt last night that the house had burnt down.
ˈdreamer noun a person who is often occupied with his thoughts. I'm afraid my son is a bit of a dreamer and not very practical.
ˈdreamless adjective (of sleep) sound; not disturbed by dreams.
ˈdreamy adjective as if of a person who is not quite awake. a dreamy smile; She is too dreamy.
ˈdreamily adverbˈdreaminess noun
dream up
to invent. I'm sure she'll dream up some silly plan.
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dream
→ حُلْم, يَحْلُمُ mít sen, sen drøm, drømme Traum, träumen ονειρεύομαι, όνειρο soñar, sueño uneksia, uni rêve, rêver san, sanjati sognare, sogno 夢, 夢を見る 꿈, 꿈꾸다 dromen, droom drøm, drømme sen, wyśnić sonhar, sonho сон, спать dröm, drömma ความฝัน, ฝัน düş, düş görmek giấc mơ, mơ 梦, 梦想Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
dream
n. sueño, ilusión;
v. soñar, imaginar, hacerse ilusiones.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
dream
n sueño; vt, vi (pret & pp dreamed o dreamt) soñar; to — of o about soñar conEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.