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- [dreem]
- /drim/
- /driːm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dreem]
- /drim/
Definitions of dream word
- noun dream a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep. 1
- noun dream the sleeping state in which this occurs. 1
- noun dream an object seen in a dream. 1
- noun dream an involuntary vision occurring to a person when awake. 1
- noun dream a vision voluntarily indulged in while awake; daydream; reverie. 1
- noun dream an aspiration; goal; aim: A trip to Europe is his dream. 1
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Origin of dream
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English dreem, Old English drēam joy, mirth, gladness, cognate with Old Saxon drōm mirth, dream, Old Norse draumr, Old High German troum dream; modern sense first recorded in ME but presumably also current in Old English, as in Old Saxon
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Dream
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dream popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dream usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dream
verb dream
- visualize — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- daydream — A daydream is a series of pleasant thoughts, usually about things that you would like to happen.
- conceive — If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
- invent — to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
- crave — If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
noun dream
- vision — the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight.
- reverie — a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing: lost in reverie.
- nightmare — a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc.
- hallucination — a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.
- delusion — A delusion is a false idea.
adjective dream
- a-1 — noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- centerfold — A centerfold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
- ideological — of or relating to ideology.
- copacetic — very good; excellent; completely satisfactory
Antonyms for dream
verb dream
- despise — If you despise something or someone, you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
noun dream
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- concrete — Concrete is a substance used for building which is made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water.
- nightmare — a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- actuality — Actuality is the state of really existing rather than being imagined.
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