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somnium — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • daydream noun A pleasant chain of thoughts or fantasies that drift through your mind while you're awake, disconnected from what's actually happening around you.
  • dream noun A series of images, thoughts, or feelings experienced during sleep.
  • fantasy noun An imagined scenario, especially a pleasant or unrealistic one.
  • vision noun The ability to see; eyesight.

Senses

somnium is used for these senses in English:

  • dream (countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
  • dream (countable, figurative) A hope or wish.
  • fantasy That which comes from one's imagination.
  • vision (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
  • vision (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.

daydream — full definition

  1. noun A pleasant chain of thoughts or fantasies that drift through your mind while you're awake, disconnected from what's actually happening around you.
  2. verb To let your mind wander into pleasant fantasies instead of paying attention to what's in front of you.

dream — full definition

  1. noun A series of images, thoughts, or feelings experienced during sleep.
  2. noun A strong hope, ambition, or wish for the future.
  3. verb To experience images and events in the mind while asleep.
  4. verb To hope or aspire to something.

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