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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English dreem, possibly from Old English drēam (music", "mirth", "joy); akin to Old Saxon drōm (mirth", "dream); meaning influenced in Middle English by Old Norse draumr (dream). The derivation from drēam is controversial, since the word itself is only attested in writing in its meaning of "joy, mirth, musical sound". Possibly there was a separate word drēam meaning "images seen while sleeping" which would account for the common definition in the other Germanic languages, or the derivation may indeed simply be a strange progression from "mirth, joy, musical sound".[1]

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[edit] Noun

Singular
dream

Plural
dreams

dream (plural dreams)

  1. Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
  2. A hope or wish.

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  • (events experienced whilst asleep): sweven (obsolete)

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to dream

Third person singular
dreams

Simple past
dreamed or dreamt

Past participle
[[dreamed or dreamt]]

Present participle
dreaming

to dream (third-person singular simple present dreams, present participle dreaming, simple past and past participle dreamed or dreamt)

  1. (intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
  2. (intransitive) To hope, to wish.
  3. (intransitive) To daydream.
    Stop dreaming and get back to work.
  4. (transitive) to create an imaginary experience (usually when asleep)
    I dreamed a vivid dream last night.

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[edit] Usage notes

  • "Dreamt" is less common in both US and UK English in current usage, though somewhat more prevalent in the UK than in the US.

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  • Notes:
  1. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=dream&searchmode=none

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /'dræːam/

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *draumaz, whence also Old Saxon drōm ‘joy, music, dream’, Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr

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drēam m. (pl. drēamas)

  1. joy, pleasure, ecstasy
    Ðær biþ drincendra dream se micla: there is the great joy of drinkers.
  2. music, song
    Iohannes gehyrde swylce bymena dream: John heard, as it were, the sound of trumpets.

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dream c. (pl. dreamen)

  1. dream, daydream