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rev·er·ie
(rĕv′ə-rē)n.
1. A state of abstracted musing; daydreaming.
2. A daydream: "I felt caught up in a reverie of years long past" (William Styron).
[Middle English, revelry, from Old French, from rever, to dream.]
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reverie
(ˈrɛvərɪ) orrevery
n, pl -eries
1. an act or state of absent-minded daydreaming: to fall into a reverie.
2. (Music, other) a piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream
3. archaic a fanciful or visionary notion; daydream
[C14: from Old French resverie wildness, from resver to behave wildly, of uncertain origin; see rave1]
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rev•er•ie
(ˈrɛv ə ri)n.
1. a state of meditation or fanciful musing: lost in reverie.
2. a daydream.
3. a fantastic, visionary, or impractical idea.
[1325–75; < Old French reverie, derivative of rever to speak wildly]
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2. | reverie - an abstracted state of absorption abstractedness, abstraction - preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else dream - a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream" brown study - a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness |
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reverie
noun daydream, musing, preoccupation, trance, abstraction, daydreaming, inattention, absent-mindedness, brown study, woolgathering, castles in the air or Spain The voice brought him out of his reverie.
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reverie
noun1. The condition of being so lost in solitary thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings:
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Translations
أحْلام اليَقْظَهحُلْم لذيذ
sněnísnění s otevřenýma očima
dagdrøm
álmodozás
dagdraumar
svajingumassvajos mintys
fantāzijasapņainībasapnis
sny
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reverie
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reverie
(ˈrevəri) noun1. a state of pleasant dreamy thought. He was lost in reverie.
2. (usually in plural) a day-dream. pleasant reveries.
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