dream

dream1 [ drim ] noun count ***

1. ) something that you experience in your mind while you are sleeping. A dream in which frightening things happen is called a bad dream or a nightmare:

have a dream: I had some very strange dreams last night.

in a dream: The idea came to him in a dream.

2. ) something good that you hope you will have or achieve in the future:

dream of: She watched her dreams of success slip away before her eyes.

a ) only before noun used about things that are the best you can imagine:

a dream job/vacation/home

beyond your (wildest) dreams

much better than you imagined or hoped:

The amount of money we raised was beyond our wildest dreams.

a dream INFORMAL

someone or something that you like very much:

Driving this car is a dream.

a dream come true

something that happens that you have always hoped for:

Meeting you is a dream come true for me.

in a dream MAINLY BRITISH

not paying attention to what is happening around you because you are thinking about something else

in your dreams HUMOROUS

used for saying that something is unlikely to happen

like a dream

1. ) very well or very successfully:

The interview went like a dream.

2. ) very strange, like the things that happen in dreams

not/never in your (wildest) dreams

used for saying that something is much better than you expected or hoped:

Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would happen.

of your dreams

used about someone/something that you think is perfect:

Into the bar walked the girl of his dreams.

someone's dream

what a particular type of person wants more than anything else:

It's every teenager's dream to be a big rock star.

He was a cute kid, an advertiser's dream.

dream

dream 2 [ drim ] (past tense and past participle dreamed or dreamt [ dremt ] ) verb intransitive or transitive **

1. ) to experience things in your mind while you are sleeping:

dream about: I was dreaming about a black cat.

dream (that): He dreamed that he saw Rosa.

2. ) to think about something that you hope to have or achieve:

dream of doing something: She had always dreamed of going to Africa.

He sometimes dreamed of leaving his dull life behind him.

dream about: They had the kind of house we could only dream about.

dream of: I dreamt of a career in music.

dream on HUMOROUS

used for saying that something is unlikely to happen

I never dreamed (that)

used for saying that you are very surprised by something and did not expect it or intend it:

I never dreamed anyone would be offended.

not dream of doing something

used for emphasizing that you would definitely not do something:

I wouldn't dream of telling you how to do your job.

,dream `up phrasal verb transitive

to think of a new idea or plan, especially one that is silly or unusual