dream up

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dreem uhp]
- /drim ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dreem uhp]
- /drim ʌp/

Definitions of dream up words

noun dream up a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep. 1
noun dream up the sleeping state in which this occurs. 1
noun dream up an object seen in a dream. 1
noun dream up an involuntary vision occurring to a person when awake. 1
noun dream up a vision voluntarily indulged in while awake; daydream; reverie. 1
noun dream up an aspiration; goal; aim: A trip to Europe is his dream. 1

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Origin of dream up

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

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Parts of speech for Dream up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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dream up 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".

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Synonyms for dream up

verb dream up

devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
invent — to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
hatch — to mark with lines, especially closely set parallel lines, as for shading in drawing or engraving.
cook up — If someone cooks up a dishonest scheme, they plan it.

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