Collocations for "dream"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "dream" in context.
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dream
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [strange, nice, bad, scary, sex, wet] dream
- a [recurrent, lucid] dream
- had a vivid dream (about)
- had a dream about you (last night)
- dreamed a [strange] dream (about)
- had a dream in [Spanish]
- just had the [strangest, oddest] dream
- hardly ever dream
- interpret a dream
- what do you think the dream meant?
- what did the dream mean?
- [is, living] the American dream
- is only a pipe dream
- is an impossible dream
- it is his dream to [become, go, be]
- has the dream of [becoming]
- fulfill a [childhood, lifelong] dream
- not (even) in your wildest dreams!
- [it, the answer, the idea] came to me in a dream
- [walking, wandering, gazing] around in a dream
- thought they were living the dream
- (this car) is a dream to [handle, drive, ride]
- is my dream [home, car, vacation]
- dream about [her, the war, an event]
- dream at night
- dreaming during [class, work]
- she dreamed that
- dream of [becoming, having, seeing]
- dream of a better [life, world, job]
- wouldn't dream of [leaving, going, doing]
- I wouldn't dream of it!
- dream up a new [idea, concept, theory]
- stop dreaming (and start studying)!
- dream on!
'dream' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
American
- awake
- career
- chilling
- companion
- crazy
- dare
- death
- deprive
- elusive
- embodiment
- factory
- fulfill
- fulfillment
- guide
- homeland
- impossible
- interpretation
- interpreter
- made
- move
- nourish
- pipe
- pursue
- real
- reality
- realization
- rob
- scheme
- snap
- sought
- theatre
- vivid
- wake
- wealthy