dream
Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) enPR: drēm, IPA (key): /driːm/
- (US) IPA (key): /drim/ or [d̠͡r̠˔ʷɪi̯m] or /dʒrim/
- SAMPA: /dri:m/
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Noun
[change]- (countable) Dreams are the images and things you see when you are sleeping.
- In my dream I had forgotten the baby in a drawer.
- I had a dream that I was in a magical world with fairies and evil witches.
- (countable) A dream is something you wish for or hope will happen.
- The company is succeeding beyond anyone's wildest dreams.
- He decided to fulfil his childhood dream of becoming a police officer.
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- (intransitive) If you dream about something, you wish for it.
- She dreamed of becoming a concert pianist.
- If we go to sleep, we'll dream that we're awake.