# dreaming

Pronunciation: US say "DREE-ming" /ˈdɹi.mɪŋ/; UK

## Noun

1. A single experience of imagining images or stories in the mind, whether during sleep or in a waking reverie.
   - Simple: A short time spent seeing pictures in your mind, asleep or awake.
   - _A brief dreaming overtook him at his desk, full of mountains and open sky._
   - _Her childhood dreamings of distant cities eventually led her to travel the world._

## Verb

2. Present participle of dream. — present participle and gerund of dream
   - Simple: Present participle of dream. Use this form for something happening right now, or as a name for the action itself.
   - _He spent the whole lecture dreaming of faraway places._
   - _Dreaming of a better life, she saved every spare dollar._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/dreaming (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).