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dream

 
 
/driːm/ verb (past tense and past participle dreamed, dreamt)

Translation

SLEEP [I, T] to experience events and images in your mind while you are sleeping
rüya görmek
[+ (that)] Last night I dreamed that I was flying.567
IMAGINE [I, T] to imagine something that you would like to happen
hayal etmek/kurmak
[+ of + doing sth] I dream of living on a desert island. [+ (that)] He never dreamed that one day he would become President.1911
wouldn't dream of doing sth used to say that you would not do something because you think it is wrong or silly
yapmayı kesinlikle düşünmemek, kafasına yatmamak
1103
dream sth up phrasal verb
to think of an idea or plan, usually using a lot of imagination
icat etmek, uydurmak, düşünüp bulmak
Who dreams up these new designs?1103
(Definition of dream verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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