dream
noun /driːm/
/driːm/
Idioms - [countable] a series of images, events and feelings that happen in your mind while you are asleep
- I had a really weird dream last night.
- I thought someone came into the bedroom, but it was just a dream.
- ‘Goodnight. Sweet dreams.’
- Don't think about it. You'll only give yourself bad dreams.
- dream about somebody/something a vivid dream about my old school.
- dream about doing something a recurrent dream about being late for an exam
- dream that… I had a dream that we were getting married at the airport.
- in a/somebody's dream His dead mother appeared to him in a dream.
Wordfinder- doze
- dream
- drowsy
- insomnia
- oversleep
- REM
- sedative
- sleep
- soporific
- tired
Extra Examples- Images of the crash still haunted his dreams years later.
- I was awoken from my dream by a knock at the door.
- She opened her eyes and the dream faded.
- She is plagued by strange dreams.
- I hope my dream about prison won't come true!
- In her dream, she was on board a ship heading for America.
- I hardly ever remember my dreams.
- She fell asleep and dreamed strange dreams.
- His waking dream was rudely interrupted by the telephone.
- I had a very disturbing dream last night.
- He had a prophetic dream about a train crash the night before the disaster.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- awful
- bad
- disturbing
- …
- dream
- have
- awake from
- …
- come true
- haunt somebody
- plague somebody
- …
- interpretation
- in a/the dream
- dream about
- as (if) in a dream
- sweet dreams
- [countable] a wish to have or be something, especially one that seems difficult to achieve
- Her lifelong dream was to be a famous writer.
- He wanted to be rich but it was an impossible dream.
- a chance to fulfil a childhood dream
- to realize/achieve a dream
- If I win, it will be a dream come true.
- It was the end of all my hopes and dreams.
- dream for somebody/something The chance to study in Australia had always been a dream for her.
- The conversation turns to his dreams for the future.
- dream of doing something He left his job to pursue his dream of opening a restaurant.
- dream of something The film is an exploration of a young boy's dream of a better life.
- dream that… He had a dream that one day his people would be free.
- of somebody's dreams I've finally found the man of my dreams.
- Being a TV presenter would be my dream job.
Extra ExamplesTopics Successa2- She tried to turn her dream of running her own business into reality.
- She confided in him all her hopes and dreams.
- their dream of a fairer world
- The victory keeps San Marino's dream of a World Cup place alive.
- The injury shattered her dream of running in the Olympics.
- She had this romantic dream of living in a windmill.
- He never abandoned his dream of finding his real mother.
- the great utopian dream that they have cherished for so long
- They achieved a success beyond their wildest dreams.
- Their dream turned into a nightmare as the cruise ship began to sink.
- His plans to travel the world now seemed like a distant dream.
- Her biggest dream was to become a singer.
- After Betty retired, she and her husband designed and built their dream house.
- the house of her dreams
- What would be your dream job?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- lifelong
- …
- cherish
- have
- achieve
- …
- come true
- turn into a nightmare
- turn sour
- …
- holiday
- home
- house
- …
- dream of
- the American dream
- the… of somebody’s dreams
- beyond somebody’s wildest dreams
- …
- [singular] a state of mind or a situation in which things do not seem real or part of normal life
- in a dream She walked around in a dream all day.
- She found herself standing in front of the crowded hall and making her speech, as if in a dream.
- As if slowly emerging from a dream, she raised her head.
- [singular] (informal) a beautiful or wonderful person or thing
- That meal was an absolute dream.
Word OriginMiddle English: of Germanic origin, related to Dutch droom and German Traum, and probably also to Old English drēam ‘joy, music’.
Idioms
beyond somebody’s wildest dreams
- far more, better, etc. than you could ever have imagined or hoped for
go/work like a dream
- to work very well
- My new car goes like a dream.
- to happen without problems, in the way that you had planned
- The wedding celebrations went like a dream.
in your dreams
- (informal) used to tell somebody that something they are hoping for is not likely to happen
- ‘I'll be a manager before I'm 30.’ ‘In your dreams.’
like a bad dream
- (of a situation) so unpleasant that you cannot believe it is true
- In broad daylight the events of the night before seemed like a bad dream.
live the dream
- to have a way of life that seems perfect
- With her own TV show and a flat in Paris, she is living the dream.