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Definition of Dream

Dream

  1. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.
  2. A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.
  3. To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.
  4. To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.
  5. To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.

Dream Quotations

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha

Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.
Sai Baba

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Aristotle Quote
Hope is a waking dream.
Aristotle

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
C. S. Lewis
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Dream Translations

dream in Dutch is mijmeren, dromen
dream in Finnish is uni, uneksia
dream in Italian is sognare, sogno
dream in Latin is somnium
dream in Portuguese is sonho

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