Meaning

3 senses

  1. Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

    Last night I had a vividly scary dream about an immortal snail that chased me around and could kill me if it touched me.

    Crazy things like that only happen in dreams.

    Traum, Draam

    сонson, сновиде́ниеsnovidénije, грёзаgrjóza

    сонson, сновиді́нняsnovydínnja

  2. (figuratively)A hope or wish.

    This year I fulfilled a lifelong dream of visiting the South Pacific.

    Traum, Wunsch

    мечта́mečtá, грёзаgrjóza

    мрі́яmríja

  3. A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.

    live in a dream

    wake up from a dream

More definitions
  • a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
  • a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
  • imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
  • someone or something wonderful

Examples

3276 sentences

  1. My dream is to study abroad.

    Моя мрія — навчатися за кордоном. — deniko

    ruМоя мечта — учиться за рубежом. — sharptoothed

    deIch träume davon, im Ausland zu studieren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I had a dream about him.

    Він мені наснився. — Sashka

    deIch träumte von ihm. — Fingerhut

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  3. His dream has finally come true.

    Його мрія нарешті здійснилася. — deniko

    ruЕго мечта в конце концов стала явью. — odexed

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  4. I have a lot of dreams.

    В мене багато мрій. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ мечтаю о многом. — venticello

    deIch habe viele Träume. — Arraroak

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  5. Her dream is to visit Paris.

    Її мрія — побувати в Парижі. — deniko

    ruОна мечтает побывать в Париже. — Lenin_1917

    deIhr Traum ist, Paris zu besuchen. — Esperantostern

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
imaginary events seen while sleeping:
hope or wish:
Русский
By meaning 2
imaginary events seen while sleeping:
hope or wish:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
imaginary events seen while sleeping:
hope or wish:

Origin

From Middle English dream, dreem, dreeme, drem, dreme, dræm, from Old English drēam, drēm,

From Middle English dream, dreem, dreeme, drem, dreme, dræm, from Old English drēam, drēm, drīm (“joy; melody, music; frenzy”), from Proto-West Germanic *draum, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz (“dream”), from earlier *draugmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrowgʰ-mos, from *dʰrewgʰ- (“to deceive”).

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Forms

plural: dreams
Singulardream
Pluraldreams

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
visionB1sweven
Close in meaning
  • a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep:dreaming
  • imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake:dreaming
  • a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe):pipe dream
  • a cherished desire:ambitionaspiration

Word family

58 related words
Relateddreamy
DeriveddaydreamC1age dreamcheese dreamdream boarddreamboatdreambounddreamcatcherdreamchilddreamcoredreamerydream factorydream feeddreamfishdreamfuldreamgirldreamholedream homedream housedreamishdreamlanddreamlessdreamletdream lifedreamlife

Collocations

12 patterns
  • dream come true
  • dream last night
  • dream of becoming
  • a bad dream
  • always dreamed of
  • never dreamed
  • dream come
  • dream is to
  • bad dream
  • your dreams come
  • my dream is
  • never dreamed that

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dreadfulB2dreadfullydreadlockdreamerdreamilydreamlanddreamlike

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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