мечтать — meaning in English

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.

Senses

мечтать is used for these senses in English:

• daydream (intransitive) To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.
• dream (intransitive) To hope, to wish.
• dream (transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).

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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