daydreamed

verb

Definition of daydreamednext
past tense of daydream
as in dreamed

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  1. dreamed
  2. envisioned
  3. imagined
  4. envisaged
  5. conceived
Verb
  • But Celia always dreamed of being a writer.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Viewers have dreamt of getting their hands on a real-life Krabby Patty for more than two decades and the burger chain is delivering on the fantasy.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of dreamed
Verb
  • The Rams envisioned Williams starting opposite Tre’Davious White, a former All-Pro for the Buffalo Bills who was coming off Achilles surgery.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • That formal change in Russia’s nuclear doctrine — which had previously envisioned a nuclear response only in the event of an existential threat to Russia — grabbed headlines and stirred a fresh round of debate in Western capitals.
    Simon Shuster, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of envisioned
Verb
  • And the president’s job is far more complex than the 18th-century framers of the Constitution could have imagined.
    Jennifer Selin, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
  • This new medical paradigm impacted not only how external threats were imagined—the hordes of viruses, spores and prions who now appeared to be always threatening to break through our defences—but also how the internal world of the body was envisioned.
    Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of imagined
Verb
  • More of a passion project than a mode of transportation, its boats were envisaged in 1999 by renowned Swedish restaurateur and hospitality entrepreneur Björn Janson.
    Sofia Celeste, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Cold War worriers envisaged manly, stiff-jawed computers ordering the launch of nuclear missiles or refusing to open the pod-bay doors.
    Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of envisaged
Verb
  • The Beach Terrace above is conceived as a lush oasis with a lagoon, a sandy beachfront and palm groves.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The show, which is currently in active development, is conceived as a biographical anthology series akin to Ryan Murphy’s Monster, which each new season exploring the life of another skating legend.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of conceived
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