Meaning of "dream" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DREAM

Old English drēam song; related to Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr, Greek thrulos noise.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DREAM

dream  [driːm]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DREAM

Dream is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dream in English.

WHAT DOES DREAM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dream

Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The content and purpose of dreams are not definitively understood, though they have been a topic of scientific speculation, as well as a subject of philosophical and religious interest, throughout recorded history. The scientific study of dreams is called oneirology. Dreams mainly occur in the rapid-eye movement stage of sleep—when brain activity is high and resembles that of being awake. REM sleep is revealed by continuous movements of the eyes during sleep. At times, dreams may occur during other stages of sleep. However, these dreams tend to be much less vivid or memorable. The length of a dream can vary; they may last for a few seconds, or approximately 20–30 minutes. People are more likely to remember the dream if they are awakened during the REM phase. The average person has three to five dreams per night, but some may have up to seven dreams in one night. The dreams tend to last longer as the night progresses. During a full eight-hour night sleep, most dreams occur in the typical two hours of REM.

Definition of dream in the English dictionary

The first definition of dream in the dictionary is mental activity, usually in the form of an imagined series of events, occurring during certain phases of sleep. Other definition of dream is a sequence of imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; daydream; fantasy. Dream is also a person or thing seen or occurring in a dream.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DREAM

PRESENT

Present

I dream

you dream

he/she/it dreams

we dream

you dream

they dream

Present continuous

I am dreaming

you are dreaming

he/she/it is dreaming

we are dreaming

you are dreaming

they are dreaming

Present perfect

I have dreamed

you have dreamed

he/she/it has dreamed

we have dreamed

you have dreamed

they have dreamed

Present perfect continuous

I have been dreaming

you have been dreaming

he/she/it has been dreaming

we have been dreaming

you have been dreaming

they have been dreaming

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I dreamed

you dreamed

he/she/it dreamed

we dreamed

you dreamed

they dreamed

Past continuous

I was dreaming

you were dreaming

he/she/it was dreaming

we were dreaming

you were dreaming

they were dreaming

Past perfect

I had dreamed

you had dreamed

he/she/it had dreamed

we had dreamed

you had dreamed

they had dreamed

Past perfect continuous

I had been dreaming

you had been dreaming

he/she/it had been dreaming

we had been dreaming

you had been dreaming

they had been dreaming

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will dream

you will dream

he/she/it will dream

we will dream

you will dream

they will dream

Future continuous

I will be dreaming

you will be dreaming

he/she/it will be dreaming

we will be dreaming

you will be dreaming

they will be dreaming

Future perfect

I will have dreamed

you will have dreamed

he/she/it will have dreamed

we will have dreamed

you will have dreamed

they will have dreamed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been dreaming

you will have been dreaming

he/she/it will have been dreaming

we will have been dreaming

you will have been dreaming

they will have been dreaming

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would dream

you would dream

he/she/it would dream

we would dream

you would dream

they would dream

Conditional continuous

I would be dreaming

you would be dreaming

he/she/it would be dreaming

we would be dreaming

you would be dreaming

they would be dreaming

Conditional perfect

I would have dream

you would have dream

he/she/it would have dream

we would have dream

you would have dream

they would have dream

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been dreaming

you would have been dreaming

he/she/it would have been dreaming

we would have been dreaming

you would have been dreaming

they would have been dreaming

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you dream
we let´s dream
you dream

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to dream

Past participle

dreamed

Present Participle

dreaming

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DREAM»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dream» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of dream

aim · ambition · aspiration · beaut · beauty · daydream · daze · delight · delusion · design · desire · fantasy · gem · goal · hallucinate · hallucination · Holy Grail · hope · ideal · illusion · joy · marvel · nightmare · objective · pearler · perfect · pipe dream · plan · pleasure · reverie · stargaze · stupor · trance · treasure · vision · wish

TRANSLATION OF DREAM

Find out the translation of dream to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dream from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dream» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 梦
• Translator English - Spanish: sueño
• English: dream
• Translator English - Hindi: सपना
• Translator English - Arabic: حُلْم
• Translator English - Russian: сон
• Translator English - Portuguese: sonho
• Translator English - Bengali: স্বপ্ন
• Translator English - French: rêve
• Translator English - Malay: Mimpi
• Translator English - German: Traum
• Translator English - Japanese: 夢
• Translator English - Korean: 꿈
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngimpi
• Translator English - Vietnamese: giấc mơ
• Translator English - Tamil: கனவு
• Translator English - Marathi: स्वप्न
• Translator English - Turkish: rüya
• Translator English - Italian: sogno
• Translator English - Polish: sen
• Translator English - Ukrainian: мрія
• Translator English - Romanian: vis
• Translator English - Greek: όνειρο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: droom
• Translator English - Swedish: dröm
• Translator English - Norwegian: drøm

10 QUOTES WITH «DREAM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dream.

1

Ferran Adria

I don't dream at night; life has given me the stuff I need to be able to dream during the day. I'm very lucky.

2

Rashid al-Ghannushi

I dream of a free, democratic, peaceful Tunisia, a country that can protect its developing identity.

3

Roger Babson

It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true.

4

Brittany Bowe

I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.

5

Johnny Cash

That was the big thing when I was growing up, singing on the radio. The extent of my dream was to sing on the radio station in Memphis. Even when I got out of the Air Force in 1954, I came right back to Memphis and started knocking on doors at the radio station.

6

Alex Chilton

It's been like a bad dream I never woke from.

7

William J. Clinton

When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.

8

Stephen Colbert

Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses.

9

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found that flower in his hand when he awake - Aye, what then?

10

Andrea Corr

I could never dream of being cool.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DREAM»

Discover the use of dream in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dream and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

I Have a Dream - 40th Anniversary Edition: Writings and ...

"HIS LIFE INFORMED US, HIS DREAMS SUSTAIN US" -from the Citation of the posthumous award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., July 4,1977 Martin Luther King's twenty most memorable writings and s

Martin Luther King, 1992

That Noble Dream: The 'Objectivity Question' and the ...

Drawing on the unpublished correspondence as well as the published writing of hundreds of American historians, this book is a richly textured account of what American historians have thought they were doing, or ought to be doing, when they ...

Peter Novick, 1988

Dream Man

Had she finally met the man she longed for...or was she dreaming?

Linda Howard, 2009

The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a ...

The first "narrative history" traces the thread that binds the dreams and aspirations of most Americans together, exploring shared history and sacred texts--the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence--in search of the origins of ...

Jim Cullen, 2004

Dream Catchers : How Mainstream America Discovered Native ...

In this book, Jenkins charts this remarkable change, highlighting the complex history of white American attitudes towards Native religions from colonial times to the present.

Philip Jenkins Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies Pennsylvania State University, 2004

Complete Dream Dictionary: A Bedside Guide to Knowing What ...

The Complete Dream Dictionary helps you: Improve your dream recall and incubation Spot the metaphors, puns, and archetypes in your dreams Recognize common as well as advanced dream types Create your own personal journal to record dream ...

Trish MacGregor, Rob MacGregor, 2004

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Critical Essays

This volume traces the modern critical and performance history of this play, one of Shakespeare's most-loved and most-performed comedies. The essay focus on such modern concerns as feminism, deconstruction, textual theory, and queer theory.

Dorothea Kehler, 2001

Dream Power: How to Use Your Night Dreams to Change Your Life

In her inspiring book, Dream Power, Los Angeles Times dream columnist Cynthia Richmond draws on her experience as a therapist and dream counselor to show us how to harness the power of our dreams and make our life goals come true.

Cynthia Richmond, 2002

Cynicism and the Evolution of the American Dream

Putting a recognizable face on contemporary American cynicism

Wilber W. Caldwell autofilled, 2006

The American Dream and the Power of Wealth: Choosing Schools ...

Drawing on in-depth interviews with 200 black and white families, The American Dream and the Power of Wealth starkly reveals the enormous extent to which parents defend their beliefs in the values that lie at the heart of the American Dream ...

Heather Beth Johnson, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DREAM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dream is used in the context of the following news items.

Matteo Darmian deserves 'dream' Manchester United move, says …

Italy's Matteo Darmian, top, is close to completing his move to Manchester United. Photograph: Lars Baron – Fifa via Getty Images. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Witness 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' Through Google's Deep …

Without getting too immersed in the MIT-level details, suffice to say Google's Deep Dream algorithm makes ordinary images look like all-out ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»

CY Leung's dream of Hong Kong tech bureau stays alive as Legco …

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's attempt to secure funding for a controversial innovation and technology bureau moved a small step closer ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»

This Artist Is Making Haunting Paintings With Google's Dream Robot

It's been a week of nightmarish image-making, thanks to the public release of Google's “DeepDream” algorithm. If you missed this whole thing, ... «Gizmodo, Jul 15»

State of Origin: NSW Blues' series dream becomes a nightmare in …

State of Origin: NSW Blues' series dream becomes a nightmare in the cauldron. Date: July 8, 2015 - 10:57PM. 18 reading now; (29); Comments 17; Read later ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

A rejuvenated China? Stock market crash punches a hole in Xi's …

Only three months ago, the state-run People's Daily opined that rising stock prices were the “carriers of the China Dream” and affirmation of ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

Obama's dream of free community college is headed to Congress

Two members of US Congress introduced a bill today (July 8), backed by the Obama administration, that would pay for two years of community ... «Quartz, Jul 15»

Mike Portnoy Praises 'Absolutely Insane' Dream Theater Covers by …

This time around the little guy is performing Dream Theater's “The Dance of Eternity” (see above) and “Panic Attack” (watch below). These two ... «Loudwire, Jul 15»

The Extinction of the American Dream

The poor are confronted with two choices: stay poor or get poorer. Here's why the American Dream is a continuing nightmare for so many. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Alfa Oil Dream Falters as $1.7 Billion Pacific Bid Falls Apart

Mexico's Alfa SAB and partner Harbour Energy Ltd. dropped their plans to buy Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. after the driller's largest ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»