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reverie

noun · verb

Simple meaning

Absentminded dreaming while awake.

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rehveree

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ˈɹɛvɚi

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noun

  1. Absentminded dreaming while awake

  2. An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.

  3. A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.

verb

  1. To daydream.

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Sense: absentminded dreaming while awake

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