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Meaning of 'dream' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dream [ n.]
- The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.
- A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.
- To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.
- To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.
2 . Dream [ v. t.]
- To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.

Meaning of 'dream' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dream [ n]
Meaning (1):
- imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
Example in sentence:
  • he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality
Meaning (2):
- a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
Example in sentence:
  • he went about his work as if in a dream
Meaning (3):
- a cherished desire
Example in sentence:
  • his ambition is to own his own business
Meaning (4):
- a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
Example in sentence:
  • I had a dream about you last night
Meaning (5):
- a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
Example in sentence:
  • I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
Meaning (6):
- someone or something wonderful
Example in sentence:
  • this dessert is a dream
7 . dream [ v]
Meaning (7):
- experience while sleeping
Example in sentence:
  • He dreamt a strange scene;
  • She claims to never dream

Nearby Words:

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