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{ "term": "dream", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a series of images, events and feelings that happen in your mind while you are asleep", "sensetop": "dream about somebody/somethingdream about doing somethingdream that…in a/somebody's dream", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I **had a** really weird **dream** last night." }, { "text": "I thought someone came into the bedroom, but it was just a dream." }, { "text": "‘Goodnight. **Sweet dreams**.’" }, { "text": "Don't think about it. You'll only give yourself **bad dreams**." }, { "text": "a vivid dream about my old school.", "contextForm": "dream about somebody/something" }, { "text": "a recurrent dream about being late for an exam", "contextForm": "dream about doing something" }, { "text": "I had a dream that we were getting married at the airport.", "contextForm": "dream that…" }, { "text": "His dead mother appeared to him in a dream.", "contextForm": "in a/somebody's dream" }, { "text": "Images of the crash still haunted his dreams years later." }, { "text": "I was awoken from my dream by a knock at the door." }, { "text": "She opened her eyes and the dream faded." }, { "text": "He is plagued by strange dreams." }, { "text": "I hope my dream about prison won't come true!" }, { "text": "In her dream, she was on board a ship heading for America." }, { "text": "I hardly ever remember my dreams." }, { "text": "She fell asleep and dreamed strange dreams." }, { "text": "His waking dream was rudely interrupted by the telephone." }, { "text": "I had a very disturbing dream last night." }, { "text": "He had a prophetic dream about a train crash the night before the disaster." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["awful", "bad", "disturbing"], "verb + dream": ["dream", "have", "awake from"], "dream + verb": ["come true", "haunt somebody", "plague somebody"], "dream + noun": ["interpretation"], "preposition": ["in a/the dream", "dream about"], "phrases": ["as (if) in a dream", "sweet dreams"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a wish to have or be something, especially one that seems difficult to achieve", "sensetop": "dream for somebody/somethingdream of doing somethingdream of somethingdream that…of somebody's dreams", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Her **lifelong dream** was to be a famous writer." }, { "text": "He wanted to be rich but it was an **impossible dream**." }, { "text": "a chance to **fulfil a** childhood **dream**" }, { "text": "to **realize/achieve a dream**" }, { "text": "If I win, it will be a **dream come true**." }, { "text": "It was the end of all my **hopes and dreams**." }, { "text": "The chance to study in Australia had always been a dream for her.", "contextForm": "dream for somebody/something" }, { "text": "The conversation turns to his dreams for the future." }, { "text": "He left his job to **pursue his dream** of opening a restaurant.", "contextForm": "dream of doing something" }, { "text": "The film is an exploration of a young boy's dream of a better life.", "contextForm": "dream of something" }, { "text": "He had a dream that one day his people would be free.", "contextForm": "dream that…" }, { "text": "I've finally found the man of my dreams.", "contextForm": "of somebody's dreams" }, { "text": "Being a TV presenter would be my **dream job**." }, { "text": "He tried to turn his dream of running his own business into reality." }, { "text": "She confided in him all her hopes and dreams." }, { "text": "their dream of a fairer world" }, { "text": "The victory keeps San Marino's dream of a World Cup place alive." }, { "text": "The injury shattered her dream of running in the Olympics." }, { "text": "She had this romantic dream of living in a windmill." }, { "text": "He never abandoned his dream of finding his real mother." }, { "text": "the great utopian dream that they have cherished for so long" }, { "text": "They achieved a success beyond their wildest dreams." }, { "text": "Their dream turned into a nightmare as the cruise ship began to sink." }, { "text": "His plans to travel the world now seemed like a distant dream." }, { "text": "Her biggest dream was to become a singer." }, { "text": "After Betty retired, she and her husband designed and built their dream house." }, { "text": "the house of her dreams" }, { "text": "What would be your dream job?" } ], "topics": ["Success"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "great", "lifelong"], "verb + dream": ["cherish", "have", "achieve"], "dream + verb": ["come true", "turn into a nightmare", "turn sour"], "dream + noun": ["holiday", "home", "house"], "preposition": ["dream of"], "phrases": [ "the American dream", "the… of somebody’s dreams", "beyond somebody’s wildest dreams" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a state of mind or a situation in which things do not seem real or part of normal life", "sensetop": "in a dream", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She walked around in a dream all day.", "contextForm": "in a dream" }, { "text": "He found himself standing in front of the crowded hall and making his speech, as if in a dream." }, { "text": "As if slowly emerging from a dream, she raised her head." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a beautiful or wonderful person or thing", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "That meal was an absolute dream." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "far more, better, etc. than you could ever have imagined or hoped for", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to work very well", "examples": [ { "text": "My new car goes like a dream." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to happen without problems, in the way that you had planned", "examples": [ { "text": "The wedding celebrations went like a dream." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to tell somebody that something they are hoping for is not likely to happen", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "‘I'll be a manager before I'm 30.’ ‘In your dreams.’" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "so unpleasant that you cannot believe it is true", "examples": [ { "text": "In broad daylight the events of the night before seemed like a bad dream." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to have a way of life that seems perfect", "examples": [ { "text": "With her own TV show and a flat in Paris, she is living the dream." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/driːm/", "audio": "dr/dream/dream__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/driːm/", "audio": "dr/dream/dream__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: of Germanic origin, related to Dutch droom and German Traum, and probably also to Old English drēam ‘joy, music’." }