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dreams

dream
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dreem]
    • /drim/
    • /driːm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dreem]
    • /drim/

Definitions of dreams word

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

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Origin of dreams

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 Dreams

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

dreams 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".

dreams usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for dreams

noun dreams

  • mind's eye — the hypothetical site of visual recollection or imagination: In her mind's eye she saw the city as it had been in Caesar's time.

Antonyms for dreams

verb dreams

  • dislikes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dislike.

noun dreams

  • actualities — Plural form of actuality.
  • certainties — Plural form of certainty.
  • facts — something that actually exists; reality; truth: Your fears have no basis in fact.

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