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dream

noun
  1. An illusory mental image: daydream, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, illusion, phantasm, phantasma, reverie, vision. See real
  2. A fantastic, impracticable plan or desire: bubble, castle in the air, chimera, fantasy, illusion, pipe dream, rainbow. See real
  3. A fervent hope, wish, or goal: aspiration, ideal. See hope
verb
  1. To experience dreams or daydreams: daydream, fantasize, muse 1, woolgather. See real
  2. To have a fervent hope or aspiration: aspire. Idioms: reach for the stars, set one's heart on. See seek
phrasal verb

dream up
To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving: concoct, contrive, devise, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, make up, think up. Informal: cook up. Idiom: come up with. See make

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