noun
a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
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- I had a dream about you last night
noun
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
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- he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality
noun
a cherished desire
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- his ambition is to own his own business
noun
a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
Synonyms
pipe dream
Examples
- I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe
noun
a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
Examples
- he went about his work as if in a dream
noun
someone or something wonderful
Examples
- this dessert is a dream
verb
have a daydream
Synonyms
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- indulge in a fantasy
verb
experience while sleeping
Examples
- She claims to never dream
- He dreamt a strange scene