Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

(Plural) Extravagant or fanciful products of the mind. State of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming.

edit
Usage examples (36)
  • Noun : lost in reverie. ,reveries that will never come to fruition
  • Writing Mata Hari in short reveries was just a natural progression that developed from my fascination with the short form.
  • Hour after hour did I sit on the forward guards, waiting for the rising of the moon, and lost in reveries suggested by the occasion.
  • The music and our reveries were alike abruptly banished by a sharp blow upon the door.
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.