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Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : dey-dreem

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdeɪˌdrim

Definition of daydream

Origin : 1680s, from day + dream (n.). As a verb, attested from 1820. Related: Daydreamer; daydreaming.

noun fantasy thought of when awake
verb make up fantasy

Example sentences :

To console myself I read and re-read your letters and daydream about the future.
Extract from : « Polly the Pagan » by Isabel Anderson

At last I had him dead right: broadside to me and motionless as if in a daydream.
Extract from : « Our Southern Highlanders » by Horace Kephart

The normal time for a daydream is the time when there is no real act to be performed.
Extract from : « Psychology » by Robert S. Woodworth

These also are play of imagination, even freer from control and criticism than the daydream.
Extract from : « Psychology » by Robert S. Woodworth

Ellie's eyes show that she is not arguing, but in a daydream.
Extract from : « Heartbreak House » by George Bernard Shaw

The scene of the daydream is sufficient for a pilgrimage at nineteen.
Extract from : « Return of the Native » by Thomas Hardy

For hours one could browse around at ease among the ruins, and smoke and daydream.
Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans

He liked to daydream, for everything came out just as he wished; there was no discordant note.
Extract from : « Hopalong Cassidy » by Clarence E. Mulford

Do not go through life in a daydream, but keep a sharp lookout for things of interest and value.
Extract from : « Your Mind and How to Use It » by William Walker Atkinson

Leaving him mixed up with his daydream, she took herself off before he could retract, or modify, or in any way spoil the story.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

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