(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.
Dreamt
Definition:
() of Dream
Example Sentences:
(1) That interplay between message and content became the basis of his consultancy, Good Business, dreamt up partly with the CND campaigner Marjorie Thompson.
(2) The euro symbolises the ever closer union dreamt of by Europe's founders back in the 1950s.
(3) It is a tough task but one Elliot could only have dreamt of performing in August.
(4) He was, indeed, so reluctant to take sides that he got thrown out of the surrealist movement for confessing that he dreamt about the Nazi leader.
(5) A message was flashing on each pillar: Sophie Calle , end of sleepless night, 7:00 a.m. As if to confirm that I hadn't dreamt it all.
(6) But what's remarkable is the absence of support from the Conservative politicians who dreamt up this dire wheeze in the first place.
(7) The bestselling authors of the day - Ian Fleming, Len Deighton and John le Carré - could not have dreamt up a story more likely to strike a chord with the general public.
(8) Far from being a game dreamt up by marketing executives in the 80s, it turns out a version of handball was played by the Ancient Greeks.
(9) There began a long dreamt of US-PLO dialogue; he called it the Palestinians' "passport to the world".
(10) Dreamt up by costume designer Casey Storm, the striking pants are now available for $195 (£120) in Opening Ceremony stores in the US .
(11) Buso said he passed out in the rubble and sometimes dreamt he could hear his mother crying.
(12) Margareta van den Bosch, who dreamt up the H&M collaborations concept during a long tenure as head of design for H&M and now works as creative adviser to the brand, said the Wang collection broke new ground because “most pieces were developed from scratch, instead of reissuing archive pieces … Alex is one of the most important voices in fashion today … his designs are urban, wearable and covetable, offering a new take on an urban uniform … [he] has an inherent understanding of what people want to wear, and everything he does is with an energy and passion that’s infectious”.
(13) But rather king – the role he was born to do – the occupations he dreamt of were astronaut, policeman and firebreather.
(14) As an activist, web developer and poet, I never dreamt of being a politician and nor have I ever wanted to be a part of a political party.
(15) Green & Black's This name was dreamt up by the company founders as symbols of the brand: green for organic and black for the colour of chocolate.
(16) After the sacking of Martin Jol on Sunday, Rene Meulensteen's first game in charge was going exactly as he had dreamt it.
(17) But I'm 65, I've had the most wonderful life I'd ever dreamt of.
(18) The world would be uninhabitable if all of us dreamt on the epic scale of Ali but it would be a considerably drabber place if one among us had not done so.
(19) A dream that was dreamt by an entire country.” Costa Rica now play Holland on Saturday in a surprising last-eight appearance for the country that has a quarter of the population of Brazil’s biggest city.
(20) At breakfast one day – Leonid Brezhnev was still in the Kremlin, and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia a recent memory – she tossed her head and, after a slight, shy hesitation, confided: “You know, last night I had a dream.” She had dreamt that, by accident, just for one night, the Berlin Wall was opened.