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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dream/driːm/
noun
  • 1 a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in the mind during sleep.

    ■ a state of mind in which someone is not fully aware of their surroundings: he walked around in a dream.

  • 2 a cherished hope or ideal; a fantasy.

    informal a wonderful or perfect person or thing.

verb (past and past part. dreamed /drɛmt, driːmd/ or dreamt /drɛmt/)
  • 1 experience dreams during sleep.
  • 2 indulge in daydreams.

    ■ (dream something up) imagine or invent something.

  • 3 [with neg.] contemplate the possibility of: I never dreamed anyone would take offence.
– phrases
like a dream informal very easily or successfully.
– derivatives
dreamer noun,
dreamful adjective (literary),
dreamless adjective,
dreamlike adjective.
– origin ME: of Gmc origin.



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