world of dreams
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- noun
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mundo de sueños
- I will start with two short stories where Borges creates virtual worlds, where man inhabits a world of dreams and disquieting fantasy.
Examples
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She often escapes to her world of dreams when reality becomes too overwhelming.
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'They live in their world of dreams all the time.'
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Home, it's a world of dreams.
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You exist in a world of dreams, Bob.
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Is not the world of dreams nothing but a projection of the self?
Fiction book (1999) -
I would enter the murky, disordered world of dreams.
Blog text (2) -
Sitting in the lobby of the luxuriously modern hotel, I wonder if I had landed in a time warp, or if I had spent the past two weeks in some strange, wonderful world of dreams.
Academic text (2006) -
It all took place in the subconscious of my own mind—in the world of dreams.
Blog text (31) -
In the world of dreams, anything is possible, and imagination knows no bounds.
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In his world of dreams, he can fly and explore distant galaxies without limits.
Synonyms
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An imagined world or story someone creates in their mind
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An imagined place in your mind with magic and strange creatures
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A pleasant imaginary place you visit in sleep or imagination
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A scene that feels like being in a dream
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An imaginary place where everything is perfect and magical
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An imagined perfect place that exists only in dreams
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A made-up perfect place that exists only in dreams
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An imaginary land of dreams in stories and books
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A made-up world with magic and creatures like dragons and wizards
A quiet time when your mind makes pictures and stories as if asleep
An imagined place someone believes is real
Antonyms
How Dreamlike
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- Jargon
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'world of dreams' is a direct composition of 'world' (a realm or sphere) and 'dreams' (fantasies or imagined experiences), so a learner who knows those words can readily infer it means a realm of imagination. The 'world of X' construction is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and follows standard English noun-of-noun composition, making the meaning predictable for B1 learners.
Etymology
World of dreams paints a simple picture: a whole world made of dreams, like a private place you visit in your mind. So, it means being in imagination or fantasy, 'not connected to reality'.