(n.) The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.
(n.) A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.
(n.) To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.
(n.) To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.
(v. t.) To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the ketamine group, 36% of the patients complained of unpleasant dreams.
(2) That's why the big dreams have come from the smaller candidates such as the radical left's Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
(3) There are no oceans wide enough to stop us from dreaming.
(4) She has imbued me with the confidence of encouraging other girls to dream alternative futures that do not rely on FGM as a prerequisite.
(5) Crushing their dream of denying healthcare to millions of people will put them on that road to despair.
(6) Originally, it was to be named Le Reve, after one of the Picassos that Wynn and his wife own; but, as of last month, it is to be called Wynn Las Vegas, embodying a dream of a different kind.
(7) "I am doing the best for my child, helping her strive towards her dreams.
(8) According to Hairullo, it was always Nazarov’s dream to live lavishly and easily.
(9) It seems like an awfully long way from the ground.” He added: “When I was younger, I dreamed of being an astronaut, but I also wanted to be a policeman or a firebreather.
(10) The "Dream Toys" for Christmas list includes a few old favourites alongside some new, and sparkly, additions.
(11) Likud warned: “Peres will divide Jerusalem.” Arab states feared that his dream of a borderless Middle East spelled Israeli economic colonialism by stealth.
(12) Last night, in a dramatic announcement that led some to accuse him of playing God, Venter said the dream had come true, saying he had created an organism with manmade DNA .
(13) I met a mum there who said to me – this is what I’ve dreamed of for my child... ...proper uniforms, high standards... ...this is going to give my child a good start in life.
(14) A three-dimensional model of adult dreaming styles shows a close correspondence with other models representing frameworks of waking experience and interpersonal behavior.
(15) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
(16) My dream is that one day, young kids in Nepal won’t have to risk working on the mountain as porters or guides, they will be able to get an education and build better lives for themselves,” Sherpa told AFP.
(17) He just never dreamed it would be life without parole,’ his sister said.
(18) Indeed, some of his ideas for fixing this broken American dream echo Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930s – most notably a $1tn investment in public infrastructure, which Sanders claims would create 16m new jobs.
(19) I sat there thinking that in Canton we never had time to sleep, much less dream.” The late Edward Kennedy called it “the great aria of the civil rights movement”.
(20) He just never dreamed it would be life without parole.” Obama reduces sentences of 46 inmates convicted of nonviolent drug crimes Read more As his sister put it, Bennett “got caught up” in a five-man drug ring run by an old friend, John Hansley, to pay for his addiction to crack.
Dreamland
Definition:
(n.) An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland.
Example Sentences:
(1) She added that the superstore would have pulled business from the local high street and brought big lorries and heavy traffic to the site which sits next to Dreamland, Margate’s derelict amusement park which is being revived.
(2) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Workers carry out the final stages of construction to Dreamland.
(3) The Uruguayan’s cross missed Juan Mata, Gabriel hashed his clearance, and Rashford was in dreamland once more with a neat finish.
(4) We would have been in dreamland if we’d got the goal at the end but I can’t say we deserved the three points, that would have been theft,” said Coleman.
(5) The renaissance of the east Kent coast and Margate has been all over the press this year and it will be even more so this weekend, with the opening of Dreamland.
(6) The first 500 people received a Dreamland souvenir – a cube of wood crafted from the original railway planks.
(7) Look!” shouts the spieler, “side-saddle riding with no hands!” At the height of its popularity in the 1960s, when it attracted more than two million thrill-seekers a year, Dreamland boasted a wall of death run by legendary stunt motorcyclist Yvonne Stagg.
(8) Robbie Brady’s third-minute penalty and a performance that gave Les Bleus’ defence its first genuine ordeal of the European Championship put Ireland in dreamland.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The careful restoration of old arcade games has been part of Dreamland’s redevelopment.
(10) Manchester City and their supporters are occupying the kind of dreamland Pep Guardiola was hired to lead them into and the fascination is how long they can remain there.
(11) Once, Dreamland was at the cutting edge of fairground excitement.
(12) For just one hour you think you are living in dreamland, a Shangri-La, where if life is not yet quite perfect, it will be very soon.
(13) The opening of Dreamland will cement Margate’s reputation for vintage fun.
(14) Wales were in dreamland and it will be some occasion on Saturday in Paris at the Parc des Princes.
(15) Cardiff were in dreamland and although Negredo's superb header, from David Silva's cross, had a few hearts in mouths, Mackay's players held on for a remarkable win.
(16) They’ve taken over Margate’s kitsch theme park Dreamland for Pride, entertained Oxford University balls and – how’s this for a guestlist entry – had Bryan Adams turn up to one of its beauty pageants.
(17) Photograph: John Hutchinson Collection courtesy of The Dreamland Trust A weekend with JMW Turner in Margate, Kent Read more The reopening follows years of lobbying by local campaign group Save Dreamland, which saw off an attempt to redevelop the abandoned site for retail and commercial use.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The day Dreamland reopened its doors One entrance is via the imposing, brick-fronted building, off the seafront parade of arcades and pubs and the striking, fin-fronted art deco cinema.
(19) Wigan Athletic entered dreamland with a breathtaking FA Cup final win as a 90th-minute Ben Watson header beat Manchester City , giving a club whose inaugural Football League season was only in 1978 their first major honour.
(20) Dreamland Margate will reopen on 19 June, 10 years after it closed and following an £18m refurbishment that has seen some original rides restored and the addition of a host of retro-style amusements harking back to Dreamland’s 1960s heyday.