dream

dream¹ W2S2 [dri:m] n

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1¦(while sleeping)¦

2¦(wish)¦

3 dream house/home/job etc

4 in a dream

5 be a dream come true

6 like a dream

7 be/live in a dream world

8 be a dream

9 in your dreams

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[: Old English; Origin: dream 'noise, great happiness']

1.) ¦(WHILE SLEEPING)¦

a series of thoughts, images, and feelings that you experience when you are asleep

→↑daydream in a dream

▪ In my dream I flew to a forest of enormous trees.

▪ I had a really weird dream last night.

▪ Nick sleeps in my room because he has bad dreams (=frightening dreams) sometimes.

dream about

▪ dreams about drowning

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) .

2.) ¦(WISH)¦

a wish to do, be, or have something - used especially when this seems unlikely

▪ Her dream is to make a movie.

dream of (doing) sth

▪ Sheila had dreams of university.

fulfil/realize a dream

▪ I fulfilled a childhood dream when I became champion in June.

the man/woman/dress/place etc of your dreams

(=the perfect man, woman etc)

▪ 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.

3.) dream house/home/job etc

something that seems perfect to someone

▪ I've finally found my dream house.

▪ Win a dream holiday for two in San Francisco!

4.) in a dream

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.

5.) be a dream come true

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.

6.) like a dream

extremely well or effectively

▪ The plan worked like a dream .

7.) be/live in a dream world

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.

8.) be a dream

be perfect or very desirable

▪ Her latest boyfriend is an absolute dream.

▪ Some performers are a dream to work with; others are not.

sb's dream

(=something someone would really like)

▪ She's every adolescent schoolboy's dream.

9.) in your dreams

spoken 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!'

dream ²

dream² S3 v past tense and past participle dreamed or dreamt [dremt]

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1¦(wish)¦

2¦(while sleeping)¦

3¦(not pay attention)¦

4¦(imagine)¦

5 never dreamed (that)

6 wouldn't dream of (doing) something

7 who would have dreamt that ...?

Phrasal verbs

　dream something<=>away

　dream on

　dream something<=>up

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1.) ¦(WISH)¦ [I and T]

to think about something that you would like to happen or have

dream of/about (doing) sth

▪ She dreamed of becoming a chef.

▪ He's got the sort of money that you and I can only dream about .

dream (that)

▪ She dreamed that one day she would be famous.

2.) ¦(WHILE SLEEPING)¦ [I and T]

to have a dream while you are asleep

dream about

▪ I dreamt about you last night.

dream (that)

▪ It's quite common to dream that you're falling.

3.) ¦(NOT PAY ATTENTION)¦

to think about something else and not give your attention to what is happening around you

= ↑daydream

▪ She had been dreaming and had not followed the conversation.

4.) ¦(IMAGINE)¦ [I and T]

to imagine that you have done, seen, or heard something that you have not

▪ I was sure I posted the letter but I must have dreamt it .

5.) never dreamed (that)

used to say that you did not think that something would happen

▪ We never dreamed that we would get through to the next round.

6.) wouldn't dream of (doing) sth

[i]spoken used to say that you would never do something because you think it is bad or wrong

▪ I wouldn't dream of letting strangers look after my own grandmother!

7.) who would have dreamt that ...?

spoken used to express surprise about something that has happened

▪ Who would have dreamed that this would happen?

dream away [dream sth<=>away] phr v

to waste time by thinking about what may happen

▪ She would just sit in her room dreaming away the hours.

dream on phr v

used to tell someone that they are hoping for something that will not happen

▪ You think I'm going to help you move house? Dream on!

dream up [dream sth<=>up] phr v

to think of a plan or idea, especially an unusual one

▪ He was continually dreaming up new schemes to promote and enlarge the business.