reverie

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).

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[Middle English, revelry, from Old French, from rever, to dream.]

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reverie

(ˈrɛvərɪ) or

revery

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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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	reverie - absentminded dreaming while awake   air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, revery dreaming, dream - imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"
	2.	reverie - an abstracted state of absorption revery 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

noun

1. The condition of being so lost in solitary thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings:

absent-mindedness, abstraction, bemusement, brown study, daydreaming, muse, study, trance.

2. An illusory mental image:

daydream, dream, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, illusion, phantasm, phantasma, vision.

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Translations

أحْلام اليَقْظَهحُلْم لذيذ

sněnísnění s otevřenýma očima

dagdrøm

Träumerei

rêverie

álmodozás

dagdraumar

fantasticheria

svajingumassvajos mintys

fantāzijasapņainībasapnis

mijmering

viagem

sny

dalgınlıkhayal

幻想白日梦遐想

reverie

[ˈrevərɪ] N → ensueño m
to be lost in reverie → estar absorto, estar ensimismado

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reverie

[ˈrɛvəri] n → rêverie f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

reverie

n (liter) → Träumereien pl; he drifted off into a reverie → er verfiel ins Träumen

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reverie

[ˈrɛvərɪ] n → fantasticheria

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

reverie

(ˈrevəri) noun

1. a state of pleasant dreamy thought. He was lost in reverie. dagdroom حُلْم لذيذ замечтаност devaneio snění die Träumerei dagdrøm ονειροπόλημαensueño unelemine خیالپردازی haaveilu rêverie חָלוֹם בְּהָקִיץ दिवास्वप्न sanjarenje álmodozás lamunan dagdraumar fantasticheria 夢想 공상 svajingumas, svajos mintys sapņainība angan-angan mijmerijdrøm zaduma, błogie rozmyślania خيال پلو devaneio re­verie мечтание snenie sanjarjenje sanjarenje drömmeri ห้วงความนึกคิด dalgınlık 暇想，幻想 мрії خیالی منصوبہ بندی sự mơ màng 遐想，幻想

2. (usually in plural) a day-dream. pleasant reveries. dagdroom أحْلام اليَقْظَه блян devaneio snění s otevřenýma očima die Träumerei dagdrøm ονειροπόλησηensueño unistamine خیالات unelmointi rêverie חָלוֹם בְּהָקִיץ भावपूर्ण संगीत maštanja ábrándozás lamunan dagdraumar fantasticheria 空想 백일몽 svajonė fantāzija; sapnis impian dagdroomdrømmerier marzenia خیالات devaneio reverie фантазия; грезы denné sny sanjarjenje sanjarenje dagdröm การฝันกลางวัน hayal 白日夢 фантазії; мрії خیالی پلاو mơ mộng 白日梦

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