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dream
/ˈdɹim/
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What does dream mean?
noun
- Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
- (figuratively) A hope or wish.
- A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
More meanings (7)
verb
- To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
- To hope, to wish.
- To daydream.
- To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).
- To consider the possibility (of).
adjective
- Ideal; perfect.
noun
- Acronym of development, relief, and education for alien minors.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɹim/
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So Alice got up and ran off, thinking while she ran, as well she might, what a wonderful dream it had been.
He nourished it fearfully, and almost shunned the contemplation of it in earnest, lest facts should reveal the wildness of the dream.
More book examples (3)
She drew her costly lace scarf up around her shoulders, and sat silently watching the brilliant scene, as if in a dream.
They could not guess my whereabouts or my fate, for none on all Barsoom even dream of such a place as this.
No—it was far away from that scene in an instant, and was busying itself with an ever-recurring and disagreeable dream of mine.