Reverie - 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…

noun

A series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present.

Usage examples:

She was lost in a daydream

verb

Indulge in a daydream.

Usage examples:

Stop daydreaming and pay attention

noun

A set of pleasant thoughts about something that you would like to do or achieve, but which is not likely

Usage examples:

I had a daydream that i’d win the road race., she would daydream in class about horseback riding an…

verb

Indulge in a daydream.

Usage examples:

Stop daydreaming and pay attention

noun

A series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present.

Usage examples:

She was lost in a daydream

noun

The activity of thinking about pleasant things that you would like to do or have happen to you, instead of thinking about what is happening now

Usage examples:

We can all admit to occasional daydreaming at work.

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

Usage examples:

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

noun

A feeling of great interest that makes you give something all of your attention

Usage examples:

I watched the show with total engrossment., engrossment in she was made more and more uncomfortable…

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

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…

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…

noun

The experience of seeing, hearing, feeling, or smelling something that does not exist, usually because of a health condition or because you have taken a drug

Usage examples:

A high temperature can cause hallucinations., auditory hallucination is more common than people thi…

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

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

The quality of only being interested in yourself and your own activities

Usage examples:

Her self-absorption is total - she talks you to death about her health problems.

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…