[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/daydream.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / daydream

[← D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/)

# daydream

«daydream» in Mova's school dictionary: **Pleasant thoughts you have while awake that take your…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a daydream, daydreams); verb (daydream, daydreams, daydreamed or daydreamt, daydreaming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pleasant thoughts you have while awake that take your mind away from what is around you: lost in a daydream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydream/#m1)

2) (verb) To think about pleasant things instead of what you should be doing: stop daydreaming and listen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydream/#m2)

3) A wish or plan that is not likely to come true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydream/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school, teachers may say "Stop daydreaming!" when a pupil is not listening; in stories, daydreams show what a character wishes for. Daydreaming can also help creativity. Phrases: lost in a daydream, daydream about, stop daydreaming.

### examples

- I was daydreaming about the holidays and missed the question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydream/#x1)
- She stared out of the window, lost in a daydream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydream/#x2)
- He daydreams about being a famous footballer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydream/#x3)
- Stop daydreaming and finish your maths! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydream/#x4)
- Daydreams can give you ideas for stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydream/#x5)
- Don't daydream while crossing the road — look and listen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydream/#x6)

### note

One word. Past: daydreamed or daydreamt. The person is a daydreamer. In safety: daydreaming near roads is dangerous; stay alert.

### In the corpora

- ["Vivid imagination" on a report can mean the pupil tells fibs or daydreams.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «daydream» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydream/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.