"dream come true" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dream come true.wav [US] Forms: dreams come true [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|dreams come true}} dream come true (plural dreams come true)
  1. Something which has long been desired or hoped for and which has finally happened. Translations (desire that has finally happened): droom die uitkomt [masculine] (Dutch), toteutunut unelma (Finnish), unelmien täyttymys (Finnish), rêve qui se réalise [masculine] (French), rêve devenu réalité [masculine] (French), wahr gewordener Traum [masculine] (German), valóra vált álom (Hungarian), sogno che si realizza (Italian), 夢が叶う (yume ga kanau) (alt: ゆめがかなう) (Japanese), 꿈은 이루어진다 (kkumeun irueojinda) (Korean), spełnione marzenie [neuter] (Polish), spełnienie marzeń [neuter] (Polish), сбы́вшаяся мечта́ (sbývšajasja mečtá) [feminine] (Russian), sueño hecho realidad [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dream_come_true-en-noun-~~aWdNQK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes

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      "sense": "desire that has finally happened",
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      "sense": "desire that has finally happened",
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      "sense": "desire that has finally happened",
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      "sense": "desire that has finally happened",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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