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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | dream 'noise, great happiness' |
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dream1 S2 W2
[countable]
[countable]1 a series of thoughts, images, and feelings that you experience when you are asleep [↪ daydream]
while sleeping
recurring dream (=a dream you have again and again)
be/seem like a dream (=seem unreal) 
Those few short months with Tony seemed like a dream to her.Seeing him again was like a bad dream (=so unpleasant that it seemed unreal).
Those few short months with Tony seemed like a dream to her.Seeing him again was like a bad dream (=so unpleasant that it seemed unreal).2 a wish to do, be, or have something - used especially when this seems unlikely : Her dream is to make a movie.
wish
Her dream is to make a movie. the man/woman/dress/place etc of your dreams (=the perfect man, woman etc) I have just met the man of my dreams!
I have just met the man of my dreams! beyond your wildest dreams (=better than anything you ever imagined or hoped for)
not/never in your wildest dreams (=used to emphasize that you think something is very strange or unlikely) Never in my wildest dreams had I thought I would go to Hollywood.
Never in my wildest dreams had I thought I would go to Hollywood.3 something that seems perfect to someone : I've finally found my dream house. Win a dream holiday for two in San Francisco!
dream house/home/job etc
I've finally found my dream house.Win a dream holiday for two in San Francisco!4 having a state of mind in which you do not notice or pay attention to things around you : Ruth went about her tasks in a dream.
in a dream
Ruth went about her tasks in a dream.5 if something is a dream come true, it happens after you have wanted it to happen for a long time : Marriage to her is a dream come true.
be a dream come true
Marriage to her is a dream come true.7 to have ideas or hopes that are not correct or likely to happen : If you think that all homeless people have it as easy as me, then you are living in dream world.
be/live in a dream world
If you think that all homeless people have it as easy as me, then you are living in dream world.8 be perfect or very desirable : Her latest boyfriend is an absolute dream. Some performers are a dream to work with; others are not.
be a dream
Her latest boyfriend is an absolute dream.Some performers are a dream to work with; others are not.9 used to say in a rude way that something is not likely to happen : 'I'm going to ask her to go out with me.' 'In your dreams!'
in your dreams
spoken'I'm going to ask her to go out with me.' 'In your dreams!'