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# reverie

«reverie» in Mova's school dictionary: **A daydream: a state of being lost in one's own thoughts…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural reveries)

### meaning for a pupil

A daydream: a state of being lost in one's own thoughts, often pleasant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reverie/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a moment when a character forgets the world around and drifts into thought

### examples

- He was startled from his reverie by a shout. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reverie/#x1)
- She sat in a reverie, watching the clouds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reverie/#x2)
- I was lost in reverie all afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reverie/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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