dream

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [C] a series of images, events and feelings that happen in your mind while you are asleep: I had a vivid dream about my old school. * I thought someone came into the bedroom, but it was just a dream. * 'Good night. Sweet dreams.' * Don't think about it. You'll only give yourself bad dreams. compareNIGHTMARE seealsoWETDREAM 2 [C] a wish to have or be sth, especially one that seems difficult to achieve: Her lifelong dream was to be a famous writer. * He wanted to be rich but it was an impossible dream. * If I win, it will be a dream come true. * She tried to turn her dream of running her own business into reality. * a dream car / house / job * If he thinks it's easy to get a job he's living in a dream world. * I've finally found the man of my dreams. * a chance to fulfil a childhood dream * It was the end of all my hopes and dreams. seealsoPIPEDREAM 3 [sing.] a state of mind or a situation in which things do not seem real or part of normal life: She walked around in a dream all day. seealsoDAYDREAM, WETDREAM 4 [sing.] (informal) a beautiful or wonderful person or thing: That meal was an absolute dream. IDIOMS go / work like a dream 1 to work very well: My new car goes like a dream. 2 to happen without problems, in the way that you had planned: The wedding celebrations went like a dream. in your dreams (spoken) used to tell sb that sth they are hoping for is not likely to happen: 'I'll be a manager before I'm 30.' 'In your dreams.' like a bad dream (of a situation) so unpleasant that you cannot believe it is true: In broad daylight the events of the night before seemed like a bad dream. moreatWILDadj. verb (dreamt, dreamt ) or (dreamed, dreamed) 1 ~ (of / about sb/sth) to experience a series of images, events and feelings in your mind while you are asleep: [V] Did I talk in my sleep? I must have been dreaming. * I dreamt about you last night. * [VN] Did it really happen or did I just dream it? * [V(that)] I dreamt (that) I got the job. 2 ~ (of / about sth)