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# daydreaming

«daydreaming» in Mova's school dictionary: **thinking about happy or imagined things while you are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (-ing form of daydream: daydream, daydreams, daydreamed/daydreamt, daydreaming); noun (daydreaming — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Daydreaming is thinking about happy or imagined things while you are awake, so you stop noticing what is around you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydreaming/#m1)

2) Daydreaming can mean not paying attention, especially in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydreaming/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school it often means not listening to the teacher; in stories it shows a character lost in thought or imagining. Daydreaming can also help creativity. Phrases: «stop daydreaming», «caught daydreaming».

### examples

- Stop daydreaming and finish your sums! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydreaming/#x1)
- I was daydreaming about the holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydreaming/#x2)
- She was caught daydreaming in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydreaming/#x3)
- Daydreaming can give you ideas for stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydreaming/#x4)
- He missed the bus because he was daydreaming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydreaming/#x5)
- Don't go daydreaming near the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/daydreaming/#x6)

### note

One word: daydream. Past: daydreamed (or daydreamt, UK). Not the same as a dream while asleep. Safety: daydreaming while crossing the road is dangerous.

### Trees and pragmatics

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