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dream
What does dream mean?
dream (noun): a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use dream in a sentence?
- I had a dream about you last night. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce dream?
/dɹim/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does dream come from?
From Middle English dream, dreem, dreeme, drem, dreme, dræm, from Old English drēam, drēm, drīm (“joy; melody, music; frenzy”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “dream” mean?
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a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
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