to dream
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- verb
- /driːm/
- Every night, she dreams of flying high above the clouds.
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Watch on YouTubeAs the Weaver floated, she dreamt about staying forever.
- As the Weaver floated, she dreamt about staying forever.
- I have nightmares more than I dream, but I'm living the dream.
- Let us say we're dreaming that we're being attacked by a tiger.
Examples
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There was the child that dreamed, believed in the world.
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Every night I dreamed of death, dreams that woke me up and left me shaking.
Fiction book (1990) -
Like Mike, sometimes I dream that he is me.
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Just dream me right baby, Just dream me right now.
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Oh, we would, we would dream of that.
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I dreamed about this game, fat man, every night on the road.
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A few months after my mother died, I dreamed we were together in a foreign place.
Academic text (1997) -
It's like he was never really here, like I dreamed him coming to the house.
Fiction book (1991) -
More often she dreamed: a second was long enough, with eyes open or closed.
Fiction book (1991) -
For years, astronomers had dreamed of flying an even larger telescope to observe in the infrared.
Academic text (2002)
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Compounds
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3.9
The idea that anyone in the United States can become successful through hard work
- Offensive
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9.9
A woman in a story who is quirky, free and lively and inspires a man to enjoy life
- Archaic
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8.4
A type of dance music with soft, melodic sounds popular in the late 1990s
- NSFW
A view that the American dream hides racism and unfair treatment of some groups
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Etymology
The verb dream comes from the same Old English drēam and Old Norse draumr for 'joy' and 'sleep vision', so to dream is to 'have images' or feelings in your mind while you sleep. This links the old words to the modern idea of dreaming at night.