dreamer

CEFRB1

/ˈdɹimɚ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who often imagines or hopes for things.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.

Examples

  • He is no more than a dreamer.

  • He is nothing more than a dreamer.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈdɹiːmə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.

  2. One who dreams.

  3. A swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

More examples

In context

  • The real dreamer is he who dreams of the impossible.

  • Eighties witches were not the patchouli-dipped, lovebead-wearing, back-to-the-earth dreamers of the seventies.

  • You may say I'm a dreamer/ But I'm not the only one/ I hope someday you'll join us/ And the world will live as one.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English dremer, dremere, dremare, equivalent to dream + -er. Cognate with West Frisian dreamer (“dreamer”), Saterland Frisian Dröömer (“dreamer”), Dutch dromer (“dreamer”), German Träumer (“dreamer”), Danish drømmer (“dreamer”), Swedish drömmare (“dreamer”).