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dream

dream

∞ 1.0
Thoughts and images you have while you sleep
  • noun
  • /drim/
: sueño
  • Last night I had a dream and you were in it.
  • dreams and nightmares
  • wake from a dream
  • dreams at night

He starts having bad dreams about the shadow.

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Examples

  • But the other night, I had a dream.

  • Every night I dreamed of death, dreams that woke me up and left me shaking.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • You go to bed, you have a bunch of dreams, right?

  • I had a dream too.

  • You just had a bad dream.

  • This morning, all the voices in my dream spoke with one voice.

  • He starts having bad dreams about the shadow.

  • Various sources refer to the importance of dreams in indigenous spirituality.

    Academic text (2017)
  • One once told me about a dream he had of a razor sliding between his teeth.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Last night I had a dream and you were in it.

Synonyms

dreamz
vsdream
  • Slang
4 9.8

Thoughts and images that happen in your mind while you sleep

has identical meaning but uses standard spelling

Idioms

A thing you wanted for a long time that finally happens

like a dream
  • Informal
51 4.9

Very well and smoothly, as if perfect

39 4.2

To have the life you always wanted after hard work

To try to reach a personal goal despite problems

Compounds

145 3.9

The idea that anyone in the United States can become successful through hard work

125 3.1

An idea that anyone in the US can become successful by working hard

pipe dream
  • Informal
25 6.8

A hope or plan that is not likely to happen

A goal someone wants for most of their life

wet dream
  • Slang
10 8.8

An unrealistic hope that is not likely to happen

wet dream
  • Offensive
10 8.1

A sexual dream during sleep that makes a boy or man release semen

A hope for something you cannot achieve

A hope or plan for the future that is no longer possible

1 9.9

A woman in a story who is quirky, free and lively and inspires a man to enjoy life

dream trance
  • Archaic
1 8.4

A type of dance music with soft, melodic sounds popular in the late 1990s

7.2

A hope that seems unlikely to come true

9.9

A view that the American dream hides racism and unfair treatment of some groups

How Vivid

nightmare
370 1.5
dream
∞ 1.0
nonlucid
  • Specialized
1 8.8

Surface Forms

dream singular
dreams plural

Etymology

Dream comes from Old English drēam, which once meant 'joy', and from Old Norse draumr, which meant 'sleep vision'. So think of a dream as a kind of 'joyful vision' that happens while you sleep.