Meaning

1 senses

  1. To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.

    Stop daydreaming and get back to work!

    tagträumen, träumen

    мечта́тьmečtátʹ, гре́зитьgrézitʹ

    мрі́ятиmríjaty

More definitions
  • have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake
  • have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

Examples

72 sentences

  1. I was just daydreaming.

    Я лише мріяла. — shanghainese

    ruЯ только фантазировал. — Olya

    deIch habe nur phantasiert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom is always daydreaming.

    Том завжди витає в хмарах. — deniko

    deTom gibt sich ständig Träumereien hin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. I just like to daydream.

    Я просто люблю мріяти. — deniko

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  4. Tom spends too much time daydreaming.

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  5. I waste a lot of time daydreaming.

    ruЯ трачу кучу времени, строя воздушные замки. — sharptoothed

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to have such a series of thoughts:
Русский
By meaning 1
to have such a series of thoughts:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to have such a series of thoughts:

Origin

From day + dream. Compare West Frisian deidream (“daydream”), Dutch dagdroom (“daydream”),

From day + dream. Compare West Frisian deidream (“daydream”), Dutch dagdroom (“daydream”), German Tagtraum (“daydream”), Swedish dagdröm (“daydream”), Icelandic dagdraumur (“daydream”).

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Forms

daydreams, daydreaming, daydreamt, daydreamt
Base formdaydream · to daydream
3rd person singulardaydreams
Present participledaydreaming
Past simpledaydreamt / daydreamed
Past participledaydreamt / daydreamed

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydaydream
he, she, itdaydreams

Past simpleLesson

all personsdaydreamt

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave daydreamt
he, she, ithas daydreamt

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill daydream

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
RelateddreamA2nightmareB2daymaredaydreamerdaydreaming
Deriveddaydreamingly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dayA1daybreakdaycaredaydreamerdaylightA2days

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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