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Dream I Driːm Night Bad Happen World Noun

Word3 dream
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /driːm/ /driːm/
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  • i had a really weird dream last night.
  • i thought someone came into the bedroom, but it was just a dream.
  • ‘goodnight. sweet dreams.’
  • don't think about it. you'll only give yourself bad dreams.
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dream

(noun)/driːm/ /driːm/
  1. a series of images, events and feelings that happen in your mind while you are asleep
    • COMPARE nightmare
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/nightmare
    • I had a really weird dream last night.
    • I thought someone came into the bedroom, but it was just a dream.
    • ‘Goodnight. Sweet dreams.’
    • Don't think about it. You'll only give yourself bad dreams.
    • a vivid dream about my old school.
    • a recurrent dream about being late for an exam
    • I had a dream that we were getting married at the airport.
    • His dead mother appeared to him in a dream.

    Extra Examples

    • Images of the crash still haunted his dreams years later.
    • I was awoken from my dream by a knock at the door.
    • She opened her eyes and the dream faded.
    • She is plagued by strange dreams.
    • I hope my dream about prison won't come true!
    • In her dream, she was on board a ship heading for America.
    • I hardly ever remember my dreams.
    • She fell asleep and dreamed strange dreams.
    • His waking dream was rudely interrupted by the telephone.
    • I had a very disturbing dream last night.
    • He had a prophetic dream about a train crash the night before the disaster.
  2. a wish to have or be something, especially one that seems difficult to achieve
    • SEE ALSO pipe dream
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pipe-dream
    • Her lifelong dream was to be a famous writer.
    • He wanted to be rich but it was an impossible dream.
    • a chance to fulfil a childhood dream
    • to realize/achieve a dream
    • If I win, it will be a dream come true.
    • It was the end of all my hopes and dreams.
    • The chance to study in Australia had always been a dream for her.
    • The conversation turns to his dreams for the future.
    • He left his job to pursue his dream of opening a restaurant.
    • The film is an exploration of a young boy's dream of a better life.
    • He had a dream that one day his people would be free.
    • I've finally found the man of my dreams.
    • Being a TV presenter would be my dream job.

    Extra Examples

    • She tried to turn her dream of running her own business into reality.
    • She confided in him all her hopes and dreams.
    • their dream of a fairer world
    • The victory keeps San Marino's dream of a World Cup place alive.
    • The injury shattered her dream of running in the Olympics.
    • She had this romantic dream of living in a windmill.
    • He never abandoned his dream of finding his real mother.
    • the great utopian dream that they have cherished for so long
    • They achieved a success beyond their wildest dreams.
    • Their dream turned into a nightmare as the cruise ship began to sink.
    • His plans to travel the world now seemed like a distant dream.
    • Her biggest dream was to become a singer.
    • After Betty retired, she and her husband designed and built their dream house.
    • the house of her dreams
    • What would be your dream job?
  3. a state of mind or a situation in which things do not seem real or part of normal life
    • SEE ALSO daydream
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/daydream_1
    • She walked around in a dream all day.
    • She found herself standing in front of the crowded hall and making her speech, as if in a dream.
    • As if slowly emerging from a dream, she raised her head.
  4. a beautiful or wonderful person or thing
    • That meal was an absolute dream.
  5. far more, better, etc. than you could ever have imagined or hoped for
  6. to work very well
    • My new car goes like a dream.
  7. to happen without problems, in the way that you had planned
    • The wedding celebrations went like a dream.
  8. used to tell somebody that something they are hoping for is not likely to happen
    • ‘I'll be a manager before I'm 30.’ ‘In your dreams.’
  9. so unpleasant that you cannot believe it is true
    • In broad daylight the events of the night before seemed like a bad dream.
  10. to have a way of life that seems perfect
    • With her own TV show and a flat in Paris, she is living the dream.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: of Germanic origin, related to Dutch droom and German Traum, and probably also to Old English drēam ‘joy, music’.
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