English

Pronunciation

• drēm, /driːm/, /dri:m/

  Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

dream (dreams)

1. Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
2. A hope or wish.

Translations

imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping

a hope or wish

The following translations need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above.

• Finnish: haave
• Hebrew: חלום m
• Korean: 꿈

  sen m

Intransitive verb

to dream (dreams , dreamt / dreamed, dreamt / dreamed, dreaming )

1. To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
2. To hope, to wish.
3. To daydream .

   Stop dreaming and get back to work.

Translations

see imaginary events while sleeping

to hope, to wish

daydream See daydream

The following translations need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above.

• Finnish: haaveilla
• Indonesian: mimpi , bermimpi , memimpikan , impi , mengimpikan
• Korean: 꾸다 , 꿈을꾸다
• Slovak: snívať , sniť

Transitive Verb

to dream

1. to experience or create an imaginary experience (usually when asleep)

   I dreamt a vivid dream last night

Translations

• German: träumen (1)
• Hungarian: álmodik ↺

Adjective

dream (no comparative or superlative)

1. Wished-for.
2. Idealized.

   He's my dream man.

Translations

• German: Traum-

Related terms

• dream up
• dream on
• daydream
• wet dream
• pipe dream
• dreamy
• the American dream