Definition of Dream

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Definition of Dream

Dream

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

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.

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.

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.

To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.

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Dream Quotations

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

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.
Thomas Jefferson

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
Zig Ziglar

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
Abraham Lincoln

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

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.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.
Napoleon Hill

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.
Napoleon Hill

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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