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noun

ˈdā-ˌdrēm

Definition of daydream

as in dream

a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality hoped that one day world peace would be a reality and not just a daydream

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Recent Examples of daydream

Noun

The one that really makes Ivanka and Jared daydream is located off shore, across the Bay of Vlorë, between the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea, in the Strait of Otranto that separates Albania from Italy. — Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026 And like the iconic Orient-Express (whose original route has been revived by Belmond's Venice Simplon-Orient-Express), the Champagne flutes, suited servers, and glossy design of this locomotive hold a seductive potential for daydreams and drama. — Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026

Verb

James’ novelist wife, Lizzie (Katherine Parkinson), is still daydreaming about Freddie. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 May 2026 The twins daydreamed about eating Kentucky Fried Chicken and painting their new bedrooms pink and blue. — Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for daydream

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Noun

Each vignette of time reveals how time, our upbringing, and even our individual dreams shape the path of our lives and who ultimately ends up beside us for the ride.

— Emmalee Reed, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
In childhood, in adulthood, in her old age, Evans was besotted by dreams, turbulent, awesome, pictorial dreams.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of dream

Verb

Jonathon Brooks, the Carolina Panthers running back fans love to fantasize about, gave his supporters a scare earlier this week.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
Rewind to 1953, and commercial artist Harry Birdsall fantasized about building a luxury convertible coupe in Harley Earl’s style, but one that could actually be purchased.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of fantasize

Noun

The key to this illusion is a phenomenon called gravitational lensing, first predicted by Albert Einstein's 1915 theory of gravity, general relativity, which also first predicted the existence of gravitational waves.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Beyond The Leadership Balance Beam The balancing beam is an unnecessary illusion.

— Michael Corvini, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of illusion

Verb

Sponsored by Hero Esports, the brainchild of Chinese billionaire Dino Ying, the event was the first of its kind outside China and a blueprint for a global sports league envisioned as Monster Trucks for the Terminator era.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026
All of a sudden, next Sunday’s road game against the Jets (1-0 after a victory at the Tennessee Titans and former New York coach Robert Saleh) feels far more pressure-packed for LaFleur than previously envisioned.

— Michael Silver, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of envision

Verb

Managers and their co-workers need to work hard to establish the link between the team goals and the firms vision and show how their work can effect the performance of the organization.

— Andrew Mawson, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
In 2019, under the guidance of Assembly Chair Felix Rivera, the Assembly hired Laurie Wolf to facilitate a series of three strategic visioning meetings to better define our goals for years 2019-2021.

— Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2020

Definition of vision

Verb

To calculate the number of holes even in large dimensions—when people can no longer visualize these figures—mathematicians use special tricks.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
The throwing is just a way to visualize it within the virtual space.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of visualize

Verb

Rather than imagine the ways these characters might have evolved over nearly 30 years, the script by Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett, and Kelly Marcel regresses the women in order to retread many of the beats of the original film.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Ground Zero, 25 years later The World Trade Center site, which took more than a decade to rebuild, has been transformed into something few could have imagined in the days after the attacks.

— Thomas E. Franklin, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of imagine

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