- dream
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 while you are asleepADJECTIVE▪ awful, bad, disturbing, horrible, terrible▪
a child frightened by a bad dream
▪ bizarre, odd, strange, weird▪ fevered▪ pleasant▪ lucid, vivid▪ erotic, wet▪ recurrent, recurring▪ prophetic▪He had a prophetic dream about a train crash the night before the disaster.
▪ day (usually daydream), waking▪His waking dream was rudely interrupted by the telephone.
VERB + DREAM▪ dream, have▪She fell asleep and dreamed strange dreams.
▪I had a very disturbing dream last night.
▪ awake from, wake from▪ be awoken from, be woken from▪I was awoken from my dream by a knock at the door.
▪ remember▪I hardly ever remember my dreams.
▪ interpret▪ haunt, invade, plague▪Images of the crash still haunted his dreams years later.
DREAM + VERB▪ come true▪I hope my dream about prison won't come true!
▪ haunt sb, plague sb▪vivid dreams that regularly haunted him
▪She is plagued by strange dreams.
▪ fade, fade away▪She opened her eyes and the dream faded.
DREAM + NOUN▪ interpretationPREPOSITION▪ in a/the dream▪In her dream, she was on board a ship heading for America.
▪ dream about▪a recurrent dream about being late for an exam
PHRASES▪ as (if) in a dream▪She found herself standing in front of the crowded hall and making her speech, as if in a dream.
▪ sweet dreams▪‘Sweet dreams!’ she said, turning off the light.
2 sth that you want very much to happenADJECTIVE▪ big, great▪Her biggest dream was to become a singer.
▪ lifelong, long-held▪her lifelong dream of swimming with dolphins
▪ boyhood, childhood▪ distant▪His plans to travel the world now seemed like a distant dream.
▪ crazy, impossible▪Peace no longer seemed an impossible dream.
▪ pipe▪He spent his life chasing pipe dreams (= fantasies that are unlikely to come true).
▪ unfulfilled, unrealized▪ broken, shattered▪ utopian▪ romantic▪She had this romantic dream of living in a windmill.
VERB + DREAM▪ cherish, have▪the great utopian dream that they have cherished for so long
▪ achieve, fulfil/fulfill, live, live out, realize▪At last his dreams were fulfilled.
▪By this stage in my life I expected to be living the dream.
▪ chase, follow, pursue▪He left his job to pursue his dream of opening a restaurant.
▪ abandon▪He never abandoned his dream of finding his real mother.
▪ crush, shatter▪The injury shattered her dream of running in the Olympics.
▪ keep alive▪The victory keeps San Marino's dream of a World Cup place alive.
DREAM + VERB▪ come true▪He put all his efforts into making his dream of a united country come true.
▪ turn into a nightmare, turn sour (esp. BrE)▪Their dream turned into a nightmare as the ship began to sink.
DREAM + NOUN▪ holiday (BrE), home, house, job, vacation (AmE)▪After Betty retired, she designed and built her dream house.
▪ land (usually dreamland) (esp. BrE), world▪The government is living in a dream world if they think voters will agree to higher taxes.
PREPOSITION▪ dream of▪their dream of a fairer world
PHRASES▪ the American dream▪Born a poor boy in Kansas, he lived the American dream as a successful inventor.
▪ the … of sb's dreams▪the house of her dreams
▪the girl of his dreams
▪ beyond sb's wildest dreams▪They achieved a success beyond their wildest dreams.
▪ a dream come true▪Their cruise in the Bahamas was a dream come true.
▪ hopes and dreams▪She confided in him all her hopes and dreams.
▪ live the dream▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}At last I feel I'm living the dream.
verbADVERB▪ always▪As a child she always dreamed of working with animals.
▪ often▪He often dreamed of owning a house right on the beach.
▪ never▪I never dreamed I'd actually get the job.
▪ still▪ long▪People have long dreamed of an egalitarian society.
▪ just, only▪It was the kind of trip most of us can only dream about.
VERB + DREAM▪ wouldn't▪I wouldn't dream of going without you (= I would never go without you).
PREPOSITION▪ about, ofDream is used with these nouns as the object: ↑dream
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
