Tra từ dream - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an impossible dream (=something you want, but will never happen)
▪ For a small club, winning the cup final will always be the impossible dream.
cherish a hope/an idea/a dream etc
▪ willingness to re-examine cherished beliefs
dream ticket
fulfilled...dream
▪ Visiting Disneyland has fulfilled a boyhood dream.
recurring dream/nightmare
rouse sb from sleep/dreams etc
▪ A persistent ringing roused Christina from a pleasant dream.
sb's dream of glory
▪ His dreams of glory were shattered when he lost to Federer.
sb’s dreams and ambitions
▪ He told her all about his dreams and ambitions.
sb’s hopes and dreams (=all the things someone hopes for)
▪ We talked about all our hopes and dreams for the future.
shatter a dream (=make it impossible for someone to achieve or get something they want)
▪ He spoke yesterday about the injury which shattered his Olympic dream.
Sweet dreams
▪ Goodnight, Becky. Sweet dreams.
the days/dreams/friends etc of sb’s youth
▪ He had long ago forgotten the dreams of his youth.
unattainable ideal/dream/goal etc
wet dream
your dream holiday (=the best holiday you can imagine)
▪ They won a dream holiday for two to the Caribbean.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
bad
▪ This was like a bad dream coming true.
▪ If any one of these three is not present, it is a bad dream.
▪ Well, it happened, one night, between bad dreams.
▪ The bad dream had been there all the time, of course, up in the jungles on the eastern border.
▪ But then ... it was like waking up out of a bad dream.
▪ Bill felt as though he were living a bad dream.
▪ Be understanding if he or she suddenly starts wetting the bed or crying for attention following a bad dream in the night.
▪ I was used to my bad dreams and the attacks of panic that followed them.
impossible
▪ How long can you hang on to an impossible dream?
▪ Territory for peace is not an impossible dream.
▪ Opponents to the listing see it as an expensive attempt at an impossible dream and a misuse of the Endangered Species Act.
▪ It sounds like an impossible dream.
▪ Was no one around to warn her this was an impossible dream?
▪ The nearest approximation of this impossible counter-colonialist dream that we have is disco.
▪ Unity now seems an impossible dream.
true
▪ They passed through two gates, one of horn through which true dreams went, one of ivory for false dreams.
▪ Is it a true dream, or am I deceiving myself?
▪ We measure it in remaining true to our dream.
▪ And more than all, the broken chessman and its evidence of a true dream.
▪ If only I could believe that this was no true dream!
wild
▪ In his wildest dreams, it had never occurred to Fabio that he might help any of these children.
▪ Sorcerer felt dazed and half asleep, still dreaming wild dawn dreams.
▪ Never in my wildest dreams had I ever thought I would even go to Hollywood, let alone work with people like him.
▪ And here you both are, sweeter than my wildest dreams.
▪ It is riches beyond my wildest dreams and well worth fighting the Second World War for.
▪ To the contrary, we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.
▪ This Tank Girl-style posse is only seven months old, but already it has grown beyond the founders' wildest dreams.
▪ Our mission reaps rewards far beyond our wildest dreams!
NOUN
home
▪ But just a couple of days after they moved into their dream home in Quedgeley, it was stolen and torched.
▪ Finally, my family had a dream home and I had my own room with a view of Mount Fuji.
▪ And, a shambles: Government attacked over the road that will blight a dream home.
▪ Purchased for $ 300, 000 in April 1979, the peak was to become the Ryans' retirement dream home.
▪ Cracking up ... the dream home that's become a couple's nightmare.
▪ Behind them, on the screen, were live pictures of another dream home being devoured by flames.
▪ She has vivid, longing dreams about living in it-literally her dream home.
▪ Dream on, dream homes, until I come again!
house
▪ John Combes and his wife lived out their lives in their dream house, and their children stayed here until the 1760s.
▪ Sadly, they were forced to rent their dream house to tenants for the $ 25 monthly mortgage.
▪ He ended by building his dream house in the cosy lee of a gentle hill and away from the roar of the sea.
▪ A palace, Carolyn told herself, a dream house.
job
▪ Saracens installed him as their coach and he had his dream job, if not one for life.
pipe
▪ For now, it is only a pipe dream.
▪ Yet collective, national education re-form seems mostly a pipe dream.
▪ The November 1992 unveiling quickly became a pipe dream, and the museum now plans to finish the new wing incrementally.
▪ It was ready because the artfully crafted pipe dream of the land traffickers was beginning to sour.
▪ Of course, it's a pipe dream.
▪ What a pipe dream, we thought, as many children were getting no education at all.
▪ How are you going to ensure that Care in the Community is not just a pipe dream?
world
▪ But, when the viewer returns from this lovingly created dream world to reality, they find it very difficult to cope.
▪ That dream world has more solidity than a house uninhabited.
▪ Nor are Wolfgang's imaginative adventures as king of his dream world, Kingdom of Back, in any way pathological.
▪ He was fidgety and in a dream world when being given instruction in a group.
▪ Lit in this way a room is a simulacrum of a dream world.
▪ That shop was like a dream world to me, full of secrets and wonders.
▪ But your dream world of wheeling and dealing become confusing.
▪ His design had to reveal the pattern and phrasing of the dream world he wished to conjure up.
VERB
fulfil
▪ Instead, it was the skinny younger brother who blossomed and then fulfilled that dream.
▪ A worldwide network of short-wave stations with directional aerials was established, fulfilling Marconi's dream of global radio communication.
▪ His is not the usual tale of an athlete fueled by passion, fulfilling a lifelong dream at the Olympic Games.
▪ If only I'd had one of them, it seems I could have had success, fulfilled my dreams.
fulfill
▪ A worldwide network of short-wave stations with directional aerials was established, fulfilling Marconi's dream of global radio communication.
▪ Our son Dan was the first to fulfill that dream.
▪ In the fresh light of day you are full of confidence and exultation as you prepare to fulfill your dream.
▪ But if he solved this problem, and built this machine... it would fulfill all the dreams.
▪ His is not the usual tale of an athlete fueled by passion, fulfilling a lifelong dream at the Olympic Games.
live
▪ It seemed to her now that she had lived in a dream.
▪ The Republicans running for president now come to Arizona so they might live their dreams while we relive our nightmares.
▪ You don't get a second chance to live your dreams, do you?
▪ This means that you live in a dream.
▪ He seemed to have his head in the clouds, to be living in a dream of gold.
▪ Now, McCain sits on the sideline and watches another Republican come to Arizona to live his dream.
▪ Since Tuesday, when I went to tea with Ivy, I have been living in a dream of confusion and discomfort.
realize
▪ In the fourth sentence, the focus suddenly shifts to talking about creators in general and how they realize their dreams.
▪ They went on dreaming, but they could not exercise their power to realize their dreams.
▪ But even on the verge of realizing her dream, Gupta is having second thoughts.
▪ Now, however, he realized that those dreams were just fantasies and could never be fulfilled.
▪ But the man who made it possible for Texans to realize their dreams of legally hiding handguns, Republican Gov.
▪ He never came close to realizing his dream of winning the presidency.
▪ Some people dream great dreams, but they never develop a plan complete with goals and tactics to realize their dreams.
▪ Hope dies when there is no way of realizing our dreams.
seem
▪ But this time it seemed that the dream would never end.
▪ Yet collective, national education re-form seems mostly a pipe dream.
▪ Those few short months with Tony seemed sometimes like a dream to her.
▪ It seemed a dream come true-what more could I have asked for?
▪ With the homesteads and the animals passing him downriver, it all seemed a dream.
▪ He seems to know about dreams.
▪ Truly great leaders such as Oppenheimer seem to incarnate the dream and become one with it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
beyond sb's wildest dreams
▪ The business has succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.
▪ But for vast numbers of children in the developing world, such gifts are beyond their wildest dreams.
▪ It is riches beyond my wildest dreams and well worth fighting the Second World War for.
▪ It was a world beyond my wildest dreams; one I had only seen on celluloid in the cinema at Fontanellato.
▪ Our mission reaps rewards far beyond our wildest dreams!
▪ Route 66 Magazine, a three-year-old quarterly, is growing beyond the wildest dreams of its publisher, Paul Taylor.
▪ Six years ago, Dexter and Birdie Yager had succeeded in their business beyond their wildest dreams.
▪ The cartel succeeded beyond its wildest dreams: by last month the price was brushing $ 30.
▪ To the contrary, we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.
not/never in your wildest dreams
▪ But never in my wildest dreams did I expect such a transformation as this.
pipe dream
▪ Making it all the way to the NFL is a pipe dream for most athletes.
▪ For now, it is only a pipe dream.
▪ How are you going to ensure that Care in the Community is not just a pipe dream?
▪ It was ready because the artfully crafted pipe dream of the land traffickers was beginning to sour.
▪ Of course, it's a pipe dream.
▪ The November 1992 unveiling quickly became a pipe dream, and the museum now plans to finish the new wing incrementally.
▪ This is not some pipe dream.
▪ What a pipe dream, we thought, as many children were getting no education at all.
▪ Yet collective, national education re-form seems mostly a pipe dream.
the (very) stuff of dreams/life/politics
▪ But such philosophical dissent, at this point, is the stuff of dreams in a dreamworld.
▪ How does a political system handle the incredibly difficult and complicated value allocations that are the stuff of politics?
▪ Our ideas and hopes for the future are the stuff of life.
▪ This was the stuff of life.
▪ Within this realm the stuff of dreams and nightmares can coalesce from the very air.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ After the accident, Clarke had to give up his dream of becoming a racing driver.
▪ Alfonso's dream was to be a professional ball player.
▪ Ben seemed lost in a dream.
▪ Her dream was to go to Hollywood and become a movie star.
▪ I had a strange dream last night -- you and I were in some sort of tropical forest.
▪ I never remember my dreams when I wake up.
▪ Last year her dream came true and she was offered a chance to study in America.
▪ None of my dream are about work.
▪ The events of the past few days seemed like a bad dream.
▪ When I was younger, I had recurring dreams in which I was constantly pursued by soldiers.
▪ When she woke, she found that it was all a dream.
▪ You and Bobby were in my dream last night.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Dreaming dreams, hoping for magic.
▪ His dream came to him in flashes.
▪ Now they must try to put their dreams back together again.
▪ She had no dreams for me, so I created my own.
▪ She, herself, Nicie, into dreams, fantasies.
▪ The subconscious does not distinguish between desires and fears, between dreams and nightmares.
▪ Towards morning, Peter dreamed the old dream for the first time in months if not years.
▪ Your wife and me-no more dreams.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
about
▪ I am doing what I love and I am playing for a team I always dreamed about.
▪ You will begin to dream about money the way you dreamed about overdue term papers when you were in college.
▪ Even now we're married I look at her and she's like a girl that you might dream about.
▪ I used to dream about her during the years I was married.
▪ So this was the moment she had dreamed about?
▪ I still dream about the clock.
▪ Ferdi would be kissing her, his hands would find the places Volker had only dreamed about.
▪ Suddenly I no longer had any place to dream about.
again
▪ I started dreaming again until I heard footsteps outside.
▪ There are certain dreams that once they are dead can never be dreamed again.
▪ He went to bed and dreamed again.
▪ So I told her, you have that dream again, you tell me about it.
▪ Once in his own, he dreamed again of Tatiana, but she was far away from Broadstairs.
always
▪ I am doing what I love and I am playing for a team I always dreamed about.
▪ Right in the middle of the action, where he has always dreamed of being but never quite reached.
▪ The holiday was one I have always dreamed about and I would highly recommend the centre to any outdoor enthusiast.
▪ I know a highly successful radiologist who has always dreamed of being a singer, but he has no voice.
▪ I had always dreamed of living in the country.
▪ Feeling unloved is the story of Judy Garland's life; she always dreamed of something better.
▪ They have left, believing they could do better for themselves elsewhere, and then having gone they dream always of returning.
ever
▪ The future was more secure than he had ever dreamed possible.
▪ Everything you ever dreamed of, they make it right here.
▪ No Forest board would ever dream of sacking him.
▪ Mass-circulation magazines had a larger pulpit than any meeting-hall diet guru ever dreamed.
▪ Reality is a much more tedious, recalcitrant beast than was ever dreamed of in Phil Redmond's philosophy for Brookside.
▪ In 1933, the Columbia was by far the biggest river anyone had ever dreamed about damming.
▪ And she had everything she had ever dreamed of - more.
▪ Today the Hardys have their own successful Amway business, earning and giving away more money than they ever dreamed.
never
▪ He had never dreamed that it would happen to him.
▪ They never dreamed of getting them back.
▪ With Chris he had known a joy he had never dreamed of.
▪ People often display powers in time of fire that they would never dream of in ordinary life.
▪ Even then Dean was at a point most players would never dream of reaching.
▪ He never dreamed he would be the butt of such a classic, almost vaudevillian joke.
▪ I never dreamed of being the Springbok captain.
▪ He had never dreamed a person could be so powerless in his power.
only
▪ With my figure I can only dream.
▪ You had it all, boys, the big silver spoon most people can only dream about.
▪ Ferdi would be kissing her, his hands would find the places Volker had only dreamed about.
▪ She was getting to do something most kids can only dream about.
▪ Around the walls are the type of prize catches that most anglers could only dream about.
▪ I had only dreamed about him.
▪ Bailey, 24, still could only dream about making his first Olympic team.
▪ There are the chronically shod who would only dream of stepping out of their shoes in the shower or in bed.
still
▪ Here she was in her sixties and still dreaming like a schoolgirl about a man.
▪ Sorcerer felt dazed and half asleep, still dreaming wild dawn dreams.
▪ And you're still dreaming this impossible dream about you and some fantastic job in publishing.
▪ Too many of them still dream big dreams that not enough others share.
▪ He is still dreaming of running the good marathon.
▪ The former quarterback still dreamed of throwing the long ball.
up
▪ No theatre producer could have dreamed up a more dramatic introduction.
▪ Whatever plan he dreams up is bound to run up against the ambitions and obstinacy of a lot of powerful colleagues.
▪ Dave dreamed up the evil pint in a cellar under Gastons, the pub his runs in Preston.
▪ When they take that habit back to their own office, they often dream up better ways to accomplish their goals.
▪ I was to keep on with the Radio Column, some reviews, and any special features I could dream up.
▪ Whoever dreamed up City Lights was a genius, I thought more than once.
▪ What devilish torture had Raimundo dreamed up now?
▪ The rest you dreamed up for yourself, you obvious wee shite.
VERB
begin
▪ Mann sat back on his chair, closed his eyes and began to dream.
▪ Now-hungry, yet trapped in an endless meeting-you begin to dream about owning a restaurant yourself.
▪ When she fell asleep, she began to dream.
▪ You will begin to dream about money the way you dreamed about overdue term papers when you were in college.
▪ Soon, though, she began to dream - confused, disturbing dreams, and all of them about Julius.
▪ I began to dream and I made myself wake up.
▪ So begin by dreaming up at least three possibilities.
▪ We began to dream about owning a business where we could work side by side.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Do animals dream?
▪ Going abroad for a holiday was something our grandparents could only dream about.
▪ I dreamed that I was lying on a beach in the Caribbean.
▪ I dreamt about you last night.
▪ I hoped that someone would wake me up, that I had only been dreaming.
▪ I was sure I mailed the letter yesterday, but I must have dreamed it.
▪ Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
▪ Maura had never dreamt that she could feel like this.
▪ Most of the students were dreaming during the lecture.
▪ Stephanie often dreams of long sea journeys.
▪ When I was at college I dreamed of becoming a great novelist.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And she had not been half asleep and dreaming this time.
▪ Even now we're married I look at her and she's like a girl that you might dream about.
▪ He was dreaming; maybe it was the way he would dream for the rest of his short life.
▪ I would not dream of toying with you.
▪ Paradoxically, while dreaming we are without imagination and we are not aware that we are dreaming.
▪ Some thought it was the breakthrough scientists had dreamed of.
▪ The Rockets can close their eyes and dream about tasting dessert before they've earned it.

dream

I. dream¹ S2 W2 /driːm/ noun [COUNTABLE]
[Word Family: adjective: dream, dreamless, dreamy; noun: dream, dreamer; verb: dream; adverb: dreamily]
[Language : Old English; Origin : dream 'noise, great happiness']
1. WHILE SLEEPING a series of thoughts, images, and feelings that you experience when you are asleep ⇨ daydream:
　 ▪ I had lots of dreams last night.
dream about
　 ▪ a dream about drowning
in a dream
　 ▪ In my dream I flew to a forest of enormous trees.

2. WISH a wish to do, be, or have something – used especially when this seems unlikely:
　 ▪ Her dream is to make a movie.
dream of (doing) something
　 ▪ She had dreams of university.
fulfil/realize a dream
　 ▪ I fulfilled a childhood dream when I became champion.
　 ▪ I have just met the man of my dreams (=the perfect man)!
beyond your wildest dreams (=better than anything you imagined or hoped for)

3. dream house/home/job etc
something that seems perfect to someone:
　 ▪ I’ve finally found my dream house.
　 ▪ Win a dream holiday for two in San Francisco!

4. in a dream
having a state of mind in which you do not notice or pay attention to things around you:
　 ▪ Ruth went about her tasks in a dream.

5. be a dream come true
if something is a dream come true, it happens after you have wanted it to happen for a long time:
　 ▪ Marriage to her is a dream come true.

6. like a dream
extremely well or effectively:
　 ▪ The plan worked like a dream.

7. be/live in a dream world
to have ideas or hopes that are not correct or likely to happen:
　 ▪ If you think that all homeless people have it as easy as me, then you are living in a dream world.

8. be a dream
be perfect or very desirable:
　 ▪ Her latest boyfriend is an absolute dream.
　 ▪ Some performers are a dream to work with; others are not.
sb’s dream (=something someone would really like)
　 ▪ She’s every adolescent schoolboy’s dream.

9. in your dreams
spoken used to say in a rude way that something is not likely to happen:
　 ▪ ‘I’m going to ask her to go out with me.’ ‘In your dreams!’
• • •
COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 1)
verbs
▪have a dream
　 ▪ I had a dream about you last night.
adjectives
▪a bad dream (=unpleasant or frightening)
　 ▪ The movie gave the kids bad dreams.
▪a strange/weird dream
　 ▪ Sometimes I have a strange dream in which I try to speak but I can’t.
▪a vivid dream (=very clear)
　 ▪ In a vivid dream he saw a huge coloured bird flying above his head.
▪a recurrent/recurring dream (=that you have many times)
　 ▪ Having recurrent dreams is a very common experience.
phrases
▪be/seem like a dream (=seem unreal)
　 ▪ That summer was so wonderful it seemed like a dream.
▪Sweet dreams! (=said to someone who is going to bed)
　 ▪ Good night, Sam! Sweet dreams!
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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 2)
verbs
▪have a dream/dreams
　 ▪ I had dreams of becoming a doctor.
▪achieve/fulfil/realize a dream (=do or get what you want)
　 ▪ He had finally achieved his dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.
▪pursue/follow a dream (=try to do or get what you want)
　 ▪ She left her home town to pursue her dreams.
▪dream a dream literary (=have a wish)
　 ▪ We can dream great dreams for ourselves and others.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + dream
▪big/great dreams (=a wish to achieve great things)
　 ▪ She was a little girl with big dreams.
▪an impossible dream (=about something that cannot happen)
　 ▪ Having a number one record had seemed an impossible dream.
▪a childhood dream (=that you had when you were a child)
　 ▪ I had a childhood dream of becoming an astronaut.
▪a lifelong dream (=that you have had all your life)
　 ▪ His lifelong dream had been to write a novel.
▪a distant dream (=that it will take a long time to achieve)
　 ▪ Peace in this area may still be a distant dream.
phrases
▪a dream comes true (=something you want happens)
　 ▪ I’d always wanted to go to Africa and at last my dream came true.
▪the man/woman/house etc of your dreams (=the perfect one for you)
　 ▪ We can help you find the house of your dreams.
▪not/never in your wildest dreams (=used to say that you had never expected something to happen)
　 ▪ Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would win the competition.
▪beyond your wildest dreams (=better or more than you ever hoped for)
　 ▪ Suddenly he was wealthy beyond his wildest dreams.
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THESAURUS
when you are sleeping
▪dream the thoughts, images, and feelings that go through your mind while you are asleep :
　 ▪ I had a strange dream last night -- you and I were in some sort of forest.
▪nightmare a very unpleasant and frightening dream :
　 ▪ She still has terrible nightmares about the accident.
▪daydream a series of pleasant thoughts that go through your mind when you are awake, so that you do not notice what is happening around you :
　 ▪ Neil was in a daydream, and didn’t hear the teacher call his name.
▪reverie formal a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming :
　 ▪ The doorbell rang, shaking her from her reverie.
something that you want to do
▪dream something very special that you want to do and that you think about a lot, especially something that is not very likely to happen :
　 ▪ As a teenager, his dream was to become a professional footballer.
▪ambition something that you want to achieve and that you work hard to achieve, especially in your work :
　 ▪ My ambition had always been to start my own business.
▪aspirations the important things that people want from their lives – used especially about the things a society or a large group of people wants :
　 ▪ It’s important that young people think seriously about their career aspirations.
▪fantasy something exciting that you imagine happening to you, which is extremely unlikely to happen and often involves sex :
　 ▪ schoolboy fantasies
▪pipe dream a dream that is impossible or is extremely unlikely to happen :
　 ▪ Is world peace no more than a pipe dream?

II. dream² S3 W3 verb (past tense and past participle dreamed or dreamt /dremt/)
[Word Family: adjective: dream, dreamless, dreamy; noun: dream, dreamer; verb: dream; adverb: dreamily]
1. WISH [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]to think about something that you would like to happen or have
dream of/about (doing) something
　 ▪ She dreamed of becoming a chef.
　 ▪ He’s got the sort of money that you and I can only dream about.
dream (that)
　 ▪ She dreamed that one day she would be famous.

2. WHILE SLEEPING [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]to have a dream while you are asleep
dream about
　 ▪ I dreamt about you last night.
dream (that)
　 ▪ It’s quite common to dream that you’re falling.

3. NOT PAY ATTENTION [INTRANSITIVE]to think about something else and not give your attention to what is happening around you SYN daydream:
　 ▪ She had been dreaming and had not followed the conversation.

4. IMAGINE [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]to imagine that you have done, seen, or heard something that you have not:
　 ▪ I was sure I posted the letter but I must have dreamt it.

5. never dreamed (that)
used to say that you did not think that something would happen:
　 ▪ We never dreamed that we would get through to the next round.

6. wouldn’t dream of (doing) something
spoken used to say that you would never do something because you think it is bad or wrong:
　 ▪ I wouldn’t dream of letting strangers look after my own grandmother!

7. who would have dreamt that ...?
spoken used to express surprise about something that has happened:
　 ▪ Who would have dreamt that this would happen?
dream something ↔ away phrasal verb
to waste time by thinking about what may happen:
　 ▪ She would just sit in her room dreaming away the hours.
dream on phrasal verb [ONLY IN IMPERATIVE] spoken
used to tell someone that they are hoping for something that will not happen:
　 ▪ You think I’m going to help you move house? Dream on!
dream something ↔ up phrasal verb
to think of a plan or idea, especially an unusual one:
　 ▪ He was continually dreaming up new schemes to promote and enlarge the business.