"dream" meaning in English

See dream in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /driːm/ [UK], /drim/ [US] Audio: en-us-dream.ogg [US] Forms: dream [singular], dreams [plural]
enPR: drēm [UK] Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Dreams are the images and things you see when you are sleeping.
    Sense id: simple-dream-en-noun-8s484jjF
  2. A dream is something you wish for or hope will happen.
    Sense id: simple-dream-en-noun-Ptdw-tTn

Verb

IPA: /driːm/ [UK], /drim/ [US] Audio: en-us-dream.ogg [US] Forms: dreamed [past], dreamed [past, participle], dream [canonical], dreams [third-person, singular], dreamt [past], dreamt [past, participle], dreaming [present, participle]
enPR: drēm [UK] Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE], {{verb2|dream|dreams|dreamt|dreamt|dreaming}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you dream about something, you wish for it.
    Sense id: simple-dream-en-verb-nxFEnXe3 Categories (other): Verbs
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