dream

noun

(countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

(countable, figurative) A hope or wish.

A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.

(US politics) Acronym of development, relief, and education for alien minors. [(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.]

verb

(intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.

(intransitive) To hope, to wish.

(intransitive) To daydream.

(transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).

(intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).

adjective

Ideal; perfect.

Synonyms for dream

daydreamn aspirationn reverien dreamlandn dreamworldn stargazev hallucinationn delusionn hallucinatev utopian

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