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dream

 
 
/driːm/ noun

Translation

SLEEP [C] a series of events and images that happen in your mind while you are sleeping
rüya
a bad dream I had a very strange dream last night.567
HOPE [C] something that you want to happen although it is not very likely
hayal, rüya
It was his dream to become an actor.19112319
be in a dream UK to not notice things that are around you because you are thinking about something else
hayale dalmak, rüyada olmak
567
beyond your wildest dreams bigger or better than anything you could imagine or hope for
hayal edebileceğinden daha büyük/iyi
1062
like a dream If something or someone does something like a dream, they do it very well.
rüya gibi
Our new dishwasher works like a dream.1899
(Definition of dream noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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