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" I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don't dream I will make it, I won't even get close."
Henry J. Kaiser

Meaning of "dream up" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DREAM UP

dream up


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DREAM UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dream up is a verb.
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 up in English.

WHAT DOES DREAM UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dream up in the English dictionary

The definition of dream up in the dictionary is to invent by ingenuity and imagination.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DREAM UP

PRESENT

Present
I dream up
you dream up
he/she/it dreams up
we dream up
you dream up
they dream up
Present continuous
I am dreaming up
you are dreaming up
he/she/it is dreaming up
we are dreaming up
you are dreaming up
they are dreaming up
Present perfect
I have dreamed up
you have dreamed up
he/she/it has dreamed up
we have dreamed up
you have dreamed up
they have dreamed up
Present perfect continuous
I have been dreaming up
you have been dreaming up
he/she/it has been dreaming up
we have been dreaming up
you have been dreaming up
they have been dreaming up
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 up
you dreamed up
he/she/it dreamed up
we dreamed up
you dreamed up
they dreamed up
Past continuous
I was dreaming up
you were dreaming up
he/she/it was dreaming up
we were dreaming up
you were dreaming up
they were dreaming up
Past perfect
I had dreamed up
you had dreamed up
he/she/it had dreamed up
we had dreamed up
you had dreamed up
they had dreamed up
Past perfect continuous
I had been dreaming up
you had been dreaming up
he/she/it had been dreaming up
we had been dreaming up
you had been dreaming up
they had been dreaming up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will dream up
you will dream up
he/she/it will dream up
we will dream up
you will dream up
they will dream up
Future continuous
I will be dreaming up
you will be dreaming up
he/she/it will be dreaming up
we will be dreaming up
you will be dreaming up
they will be dreaming up
Future perfect
I will have dreamed up
you will have dreamed up
he/she/it will have dreamed up
we will have dreamed up
you will have dreamed up
they will have dreamed up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dreaming up
you will have been dreaming up
he/she/it will have been dreaming up
we will have been dreaming up
you will have been dreaming up
they will have been dreaming up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would dream up
you would dream up
he/she/it would dream up
we would dream up
you would dream up
they would dream up
Conditional continuous
I would be dreaming up
you would be dreaming up
he/she/it would be dreaming up
we would be dreaming up
you would be dreaming up
they would be dreaming up
Conditional perfect
I would have dream up
you would have dream up
he/she/it would have dream up
we would have dream up
you would have dream up
they would have dream up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dreaming up
you would have been dreaming up
he/she/it would have been dreaming up
we would have been dreaming up
you would have been dreaming up
they would have been dreaming up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you dream up
we let´s dream up
you dream up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to dream up
Past participle
dreamed up
Present Participle
dreaming up
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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DREAM UP

dream · dream team · dream ticket · dream world · dreamboat · dreamer · dreamery · dreamful · dreamfully · dreamfulness · dreamhole · dreamier · dreamiest · dreamily · dreaminess · dreaming · dreamingly · dreamland · dreamless · dreamlessly

WORDS THAT END LIKE DREAM UP

back up · be made up · clam up · come up · drum up · end up · follow up · get up · give up · gum up · keep up · look up · set up · show up · sign up · stand up · start up · steam up · sum up · warm up

Synonyms and antonyms of dream up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dream up» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DREAM UP

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

The translations of dream up 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 up» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

梦想
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

soñar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

dream up
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

सपना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحلم
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

пофантазировать
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

sonhar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

স্বপ্ন দেখা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

imaginer
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Impian
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

einfallen lassen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

考え出す
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

꿈을 꿀
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ngimpi munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ước mơ lên
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கனவு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अप स्वप्न
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Uydurmak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

fantasticare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wymyślać
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

пофантазувати
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

vis în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ονειρεύομαι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

droom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drömma upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

drømme opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dream up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DREAM UP»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dream up

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5 QUOTES WITH «DREAM UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dream up.
1
Henry J. Kaiser
I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don't dream I will make it, I won't even get close.
2
Tony McCoy
I dream up things, and then I convince myself that they're possible.
3
Richelle Mead
That's the great thing about being a writer. You dream up amazing questions... and then dream up even more amazing answers.
4
Ben Okri
You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones.
5
Philip Reeve
My first encounter with science fiction was reading the work of H.G. Wells when I was nine or ten, and I don't believe 'The War of the Worlds' or 'The Time Machine' have ever been bettered. Plus, I have always had a liking for Victorian and Edwardian clothes and contraptions, which tends to color the worlds I dream up.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DREAM UP»

Discover the use of dream up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dream up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Teen Dream Power: Unlock the Meaning of Your Dreams
When you dream, you uncover your inner self, process your hopes and fears, and explore your hidden potential. Teen Dream Power is the first complete guide to dream interpretation written specifically for teens.
M. J. Abadie, Marie-Jeanne Abadie, 2003
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Pansegrouw's Crossword Dictionary
... long, lust dream time alchera, alcheringa dream up conceive, concoct, contrive, create, devise, hatch, imagine, invent, spin dreamworld Utopia dreamy absent(- minded), abstracted, aerial, chimerical, comatose, daydreaming, dim, drowsy, ...
Louisa Pansegrouw, 1994
3
Dream Weaver: The Indigo
She snuck into the kitchen, wrapped Dream up from behind and kissed him on the neck. “Good morning,” said Jada. “Good morning,” Dream replied smiling. “ Did I surprise you?” “Sorry, I already knew you were coming before you entered the ...
Ron Smith, 2007
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The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus
:1 dream up imagine; invent. like a dream colloq. easily; effortlessly. no dream' like adj. I n. 2 reverie, delusion, fantasy. 3 ambition, vision; see also ASPIRATION . o v. 1, 2 fancy, conjure up, hallucinate. 3 a (dream of) entertain the thought of. n  ...
Elizabeth Jewell, 2002
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The Outrageous Joy Journey: Where Abraham Meets the Buddha ...
I have a plan to start a grant fund called 'Dream Up Big' and give out oodles of money to people who have big dreams they want to achieve. This grant can be one source from which people can attract the funds to create their lives in the ways ...
Mary Mac, 2010
6
A Logger's Dream
He said he didn't just load with it, he pulled logs from way off down in the woods with it. He said it was ideal for a place that was too wet down in the bottoms for a tractor to bunch, as long as you had some ridges to set the logger's dream up on.
Richard Etheredge, 2006
7
God, Science, and the Cosmic Jigsaw
Similarly, for us, isn't a video much more interesting than a photograph? You too can dream. You can dream up a very tangible world, and in your sleep you can inhabit it - even though you created it. You can have a different personality in your ...
Ian Joseph Kampel, Jonathan Kingsley, 2003
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Dream Slayers
Once you create your U.P. statement you will find passion, courage, confidence and a greater sense of responsibility which will help you to achieve your dream. U.P. Statement Equation U.P. = CV + S-W U.P. Statement = Core Values + ...
Tyus Nedd, 2013
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
For example, Winning a trip to Paris is a dream come true. dream on 0 See IN YOUR DREAMs. dream up Invent, concoct, as in Count on her to dream up some explanation for her absence. This expression replaced the somewhat earlier ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
Related vocabulary come true at COME dream on esp. spoken what you want will not happen • "I've got a feeling I'll win the lottery this week." "Dream on!" usage: usually said to answer someone else, as in the example. dream up sth, also ...
Paul Heacock, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DREAM UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dream up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Little Mix Dream Up Collaboration With Spice Girls In 'Beat' Mag
The girls — Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson and Jade Thirlwall — shot the cover last month in London and open up about ... «Just Jared Jr., Jul 15»
2
Witness 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' Through Google's Deep …
It's the kind of terrifying acid trip only the brain of a computer can dream up (or Fear and Loathing artist Ralph Steadman). As the Google ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
3
Over-the-Top Millennium Tower Penthouse Will Make You Swoon …
The entire place is so over the top that it feels like something a 10-year-old girl would dream up in her princess fantasies. It comes with two ... «Curbed SF, Jul 15»
4
Don't Upgrade to Windows 10 on July 29
The fact that Microsoft could dream up a trick like this should be lauded. The Windows 10 code is not so radical that it will create much of a ... «PC Magazine, Jul 15»
5
Street Savvy: Plainfield
At Nomad Yarns, hipster husband-and-wife team Dave Broughton and Erica Kempf dream up original patterns within a restored 1890s ... «Indianapolis Monthly, Jul 15»
6
Small Cap Value Report (9 Jul 2015) - Budget, PLUS
How ridiculous, only Socialists could dream up such a warped system, as of course they want everyone to feel dependent on the State, so that ... «Stockopedia, Jul 15»
7
Spotify Attempting to Stir Up More Trouble for Apple
With Apple Music off to fast start, panic must be really setting in at Spotify and accusing Apple of anything it can dream up is going to be their ... «Patently Apple, Jul 15»
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'Halifax has embraced the culture': Crowds shawarming to …
“Every Lebanese food you could dream up, it's there,” festival spokeswoman Nicole Khoury said Wednesday about favourites like chicken ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
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Watch the new Pit Ponies video for 'Mountains' [405 Premiere]
Pit Ponies are a London five-piece who dream up their soulful tracks in a neighbour-less charity shop in Upminster. Less neighbours, more ... «The 405, Jul 15»
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Star Wars Anthology spinoffs we want to see: From Max Rebo to …
News of more Star Wars has fired up our imaginations, so we've decided to put our thinking caps on and dream up a few humorous ideas for ... «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
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