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pipe dream

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US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pīp′drēm′)

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Also see: pipe

Inflections of 'pipe dream' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

pipe-dreams: v 3rd person singular

pipe-dreaming: v pres p

pipe-dreamed: v past

pipe-dreamt: v past

pipe-dreamed: v past p

pipe-dreamt: v past p

dream

Dream can be a noun or a verb. The past tense and -ed participle of the verb is either dreamed /driːmd/ or dreamt /dremt/.

Dreamed is more common in American English.

used as a noun

A dream is an imaginary series of events that you experience in your mind while you are asleep.

In his he was sitting in a theatre watching a play.

You say that someone has a dream.

The other night I strange dream.

Sam bad dreams every night.

You don't usually say that someone ‘dreams a dream’.

A dream is also a situation or event that you often think about because you would like it to happen.

My is to have a house in the country.

His of becoming a pilot had come true.

used as a verb

When someone experiences imaginary events while they are asleep, you can say that they dream something happens or dream that something happens.

I Marnie was in trouble.

Daniel he was back in Minneapolis.

You can also say that someone dreams about someone or something or dreams of them.

Last night I you.

I him every night.

When someone thinks about a situation that they would like to happen, you can say that they dream of having something or dream of doing something.

He a car.

I've always dreamed of becoming a writer.

Be careful
Don't say that someone ‘dreams to have’ something or ‘dreams to do’ something.

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