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English noun: dream | |||
| 1. | dream (cognition) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep | ||
| Samples | I had a dream about you last night. | ||
| Synonyms | dreaming | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | nightmare, wet dream | ||
| Part meronym | sleeping | ||
| 2. | dream (cognition) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake | ||
| Samples | He lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality. | ||
| Synonyms | dreaming | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | imagination, imaginativeness, vision | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie, revery, woolgathering | ||
| 3. | dream (feeling) a cherished desire | ||
| Samples | His ambition is to own his own business. | ||
| Synonyms | ambition, aspiration | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | desire | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | American Dream, emulation, nationalism | ||
| 4. | dream (cognition) a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) | ||
| Samples | I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe. | ||
| Synonyms | pipe dream | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fantasy, phantasy | ||
| 5. | dream (cognition) a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality | ||
| Samples | He went about his work as if in a dream. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reverie, revery | ||
| 6. | dream (state) someone or something wonderful | ||
| Samples | This dessert is a dream. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection | ||
English verb: dream | |||
| 1. | dream (creation) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | ||
| Synonyms | daydream, stargaze, woolgather | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine | ||
| 2. | dream (perception) experience while sleeping | ||
| Samples | She claims to never dream. He dreamt a strange scene. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | comprehend, perceive | ||
| Entail | catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, sleep, slumber | ||
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