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How to pronounce dream
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What does dream mean?
nounImaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
“Crazy things like that only happen in dreams.”
A hope or wish.
“This year I fulfilled a lifelong dream of visiting the South Pacific.”
A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
“live in a dream”
verbTo see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
“Although people primarily dream during the REM phase of sleeping, they can dream during non-REM sleep as well.”
To hope, to wish.
“Lucy dreams of becoming a scientist when she grows up.”
To daydream.
“Stop dreaming and get back to work.”
adjIdeal; perfect.
“Gonna drive back down where you once belonged / In the back of a dream car, twenty foot long”
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