dreamt

[ dremt ]
/ drɛmt /

verb

a simple past tense and past participle of dream.

OTHER WORDS FROM dreamt

un·dreamt, adjective

Definition for dreamt (2 of 2)

Origin of dream

1200–50; Middle English dreem, Old English drēam joy, mirth, gladness, cognate with Old Saxon drōm mirth, dream, Old Norse draumr, Old High German troum dream; modern sense first recorded in ME but presumably also current in Old English, as in Old Saxon

synonym study for dream

1. Dream, nightmare, and vision refer to the kinds of mental images that form during sleep. Dream is the general term for any such succession of images. A nightmare is a dream that brings fear or anxiety: frightened by a nightmare. Vision refers to a series of images of unusual vividness, clarity, order, and significance, sometimes seen in a dream.

OTHER WORDS FROM dream

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British Dictionary definitions for dreamt (1 of 2)

dreamt
/ (drɛmt) /

verb

a past tense and past participle of dream

British Dictionary definitions for dreamt (2 of 2)

dream
/ (driːm) /

noun

verb dreams, dreaming, dreamed or dreamt (drɛmt)

adjective

too good to be true; ideal dream kitchen
See also dream up

Derived forms of dream

Word Origin for dream

Old English drēam song; related to Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr, Greek thrulos noise

Medical definitions for dreamt

dream
[ drēm ]

n.

A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.

Idioms and Phrases with dreamt

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