Daydream - English meaning

noun

The process by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another.

Usage examples:

The country's absorption into the ottoman empire

noun

The process by which a substance or object takes in a liquid, gas, waves, or chemical and makes it a part of itself

Usage examples:

Using a special numerical procedure, they calculated the absorption spectrum (= the range of light …

noun

A situation in which an organization pays the cost of something

Usage examples:

We can justify the company's absorption of higher manufacturing costs., reports confirmed the absor…

abbreviation

Barn(s).

noun

The second letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

My grade on that first paper was a b

noun

A unit of area, 10−28 square metres, used especially in particle physics.

adjective

Engaged in or showing deep thought about something that makes one sad, angry, or worried.

Usage examples:

He stared with brooding eyes

verb

Think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried.

Usage examples:

She had brooded over the subject a thousand times

adjective

Feeling sad, worried or angry for a long time

Usage examples:

Her films have a brooding atmosphere.

noun

A series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.

Usage examples:

I had a recurrent dream about falling from great heights

verb

Experience dreams during sleep.

Usage examples:

I dreamed about her last night

noun

The activities, images, and feelings experienced by the mind during sleep

Usage examples:

In the dream i had last night, someone was chasing me, but i didn’t know who it was., it was his dr…

noun

The final version of a legal document, especially a deed or statute.

Usage examples:

I will prepare engrossments of the settlement agreement and you will prepare engrossments of the tr…

noun

The final version of a legal document

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The top copy should be retained and used as the engrossment if its terms are approved., i watched t…

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

Usage examples:

The furniture was very fancy

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

noun

A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.

Usage examples:

This was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by

verb

Indulge in daydreaming about something desired.

Usage examples:

He sometimes fantasized about emigrating

noun

The faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things.

Usage examples:

His researches had moved into the realms of fantasy

verb

Imagine the occurrence of; fantasize about.

Usage examples:

It is ludicrous to fantasy ‘disinventing’ the hydrogen bomb

noun

A pleasant but unlikely situation that you enjoy thinking about, or the activity of thinking in this way

Usage examples:

[ c ] writing songs was just a fantasy of mine., [ u ] she retreated from life into a world of fant…

verb

Experience a seemingly real perception of something not actually present, typically as a result of a mental disorder or of taking drugs.

Usage examples:

Ben began hallucinating and having fits

verb

To see or hear something that does not exist

Usage examples:

Police said the suspect was yelling incoherent statements as if he was hallucinating., [ c ] his fe…

noun

An experience involving the apparent perception of something not present.

Usage examples:

He continued to suffer from horrific hallucinations

noun

An experience in which you see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist, usually because you are ill or have taken a drug

Usage examples:

A high temperature can cause hallucinations., auditory/olfactory hallucinations, he was suffering f…

verb

Form a mental image or concept of.

Usage examples:

She imagined him at his desk, his head in his hands

verb

Present participle of imagine

Usage examples:

Imagine robert redford when he was young - that's what john looks like., [ + (that) ] imagine (that…

noun

Lack of attention; distraction.

Usage examples:

A moment of inattention which could have cost lives

noun

Failure to give attention

Usage examples:

Her disappointing exam results are entirely due to her inattention in class.

noun

(in greek and roman mythology) each of nine goddesses, the daughters of zeus and mnemosyne, who preside over the arts and sciences.

Usage examples:

In ancient greek mythology, muses were goddesses of science and art who inspired creative endeavors.

verb

Be absorbed in thought.

Usage examples:

He was musing on the problems he faced

noun

An instance or period of reflection.

Usage examples:

It's not only his pet muse these days, but the very definition of his work.

noun

A period of reflection or thought.

Usage examples:

His musings were interrupted by the sound of the telephone

adjective

Characterized by reflection or deep thought.

Usage examples:

The sad musing gaze

verb

Be absorbed in thought.

Usage examples:

He was musing on the problems he faced

noun

The quality of not being aware of something, especially what is happening around you

Usage examples:

My uncle sat there with a look of blissful obliviousness., his first wife left him because of his o…

noun

The state or condition of being preoccupied or engrossed with something.

Usage examples:

He began to overcome his preoccupation with germs

noun

The thing you think about most

Usage examples:

[ u ] his preoccupation with sports is affecting his grades.

noun

A state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.

Usage examples:

A knock on the door broke her reverie

noun

A half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.

Usage examples:

She put him into a light trance

verb

Put into a trance.

Usage examples:

She's been tranced and may need waking

noun

A mental state between sleeping and waking in which a person does not move but can hear and understand what is being said

Usage examples:

The sound of the waves lulled me into a trance.

noun

The faculty or state of being able to see.

Usage examples:

She had defective vision

verb

Imagine.

Usage examples:

We visioned a small lawn surrounded with a perfect tangle of trees

noun

The ability to see

Usage examples:

Good/impaired/blurred vision, we lack a vision of what love really is., the theater’s director is a…