| NOUN | cognition | dream, dreaming | a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep / sleep |
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| cognition | dream, dreaming | imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake | |
| feeling | dream, ambition, aspiration | a cherished desire | |
| cognition | dream, pipe dream | a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) | |
| cognition | dream | a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality | |
| state | dream | someone or something wonderful | |
| VERB | creation | dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze | have a daydream |
| perception | dream | experience while sleeping |
| Sounds | driy'm | |
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| Meaning | A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep / sleep. | |
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| Example | "I had a dream about you last night" | |
| Synonym | dreaming | |
| Part of | sleeping | The state of being asleep |
| Narrower | nightmare | A terrifying or deeply upsetting dream |
| wet dream | An erotic dream (usually at night) accompanied by the (nocturnal) emission of semen | |
| Broader | imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery | The ability to form mental images of things or events |
| Spanish | soñar, sueño | |
| Catalan | somni | |
| Adjectives | oneiric | of or relating to or suggestive of dreams |
| Verbs | dream | experience while sleeping |
| Meaning | imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake. | |
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| Example | "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality" | |
| Synonym | dreaming | |
| Narrower | reverie, revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, air castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain | absentminded dreaming while awake |
| woolgathering | An idle indulgence in fantasy | |
| Broader | imagination, imaginativeness, vision | The formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses |
| Spanish | sueño | |
| Catalan | somni | |
| Adjectives | dreamy | dreamy in mood or nature |
| Verbs | dream | have a daydream |
| Meaning | A cherished desire. | |
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| Synonyms | ambition, aspiration | |
| Narrower | American Dream | The widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did |
| emulation | ambition to equal or excel | |
| nationalism | The aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination | |
| Broader | desire | The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state |
| Spanish | ambición, aspiración, pretensión, sueño | |
| Catalan | ambició | |
| Meaning | A fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe). | |
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| Example | "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe" | |
| Synonym | pipe dream | |
| Broader | fantasy, phantasy | imagination unrestricted by reality |
| Spanish | quimera, sueño del opio, sueño fantástico, sueño | |
| Catalan | quimera, somni | |
| Meaning | A state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality. | |
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| Example | "he went about his work as if in a dream" | |
| Broader | reverie, revery | An abstracted state of absorption |
| Adjectives | dreamy | dreamy in mood or nature |
| Meaning | someone or something wonderful. | |
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| Example | "this dessert is a dream" | |
| Broader | perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra | The state of being without a flaw or defect / defect / defect / defect |
| Spanish | sueño | |
| Meaning | Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | daydream, woolgather, stargaze | |
| Broader | imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case |
| See also | dream up | devise or invent / invent |
| Spanish | ensoñar, soñar despierto, soñar | |
| Catalan | somiar | |
| Nouns | dream, dreaming | imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake |
| dreamer | a person who escapes into a world of fantasy | |
| dreamer | someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | |
| Meaning | Experience while sleeping. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Examples |
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| Entails | sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's | Be asleep |
| Broader | perceive, comprehend | To become aware of through the senses |
| Spanish | soñar | |
| Catalan | somniar | |
| Nouns | dream, dreaming | a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep / sleep |
| dreamer | someone who is dreaming | |
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