daydreamed

verb

Definition of daydreamednext
past tense of daydream
as in dreamed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daydreamed
  1. dreamed
  2. fantasized
  3. envisioned
  4. visualized
  5. imagined
  6. envisaged
  7. conceived
Verb
  • These days, the Grand Canyon State is a vastly different place few could have dreamed of in 1925.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Longtime bowhunter and Hoyt pro staffer Casey Brooks has always dreamed of tagging a world-record elk.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of dreamed
Verb
  • As a form of escapism, Molina fantasized of Aurora as an actress who, in the film, takes on the role of Spider Woman.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Following the runaway success of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator in 2000 ($465 million in business at the box office and five Academy Awards, including best picture), the director fantasized for years about making a sequel.
    Elaina Patton, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of fantasized
Verb
  • The system as envisioned in the First Amendment, that the government cannot interfere with the freedom of the press, is working precisely as the Founders thought.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • At a June meeting, the City Council approved modifications to the project, including replacing trees slated for removal with larger trees than previously envisioned and adding shade structures to cover the sidewalk.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of envisioned
Verb
  • Miranda collborates with Actias wearing bespoke gloves designed in his Plymouth lab that translate hand gestures into control parameters to constantly change sounds by manipulating qubits, visualized on screen as a sphere.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The characters are visualized by artist Yann Kebbi as raw, flickering drawings overlaid atop the documentary imagery to lead us around the city.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of visualized
Verb
  • The Styx song used as a soundtrack for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ biggest moments was now being blasted to celebrate the Bengals’ 19-17 victory that kept their playoff hopes alive with a confidence and bravado nobody could have imagined just five weeks ago.
    Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Like Philipp Plein who imagined them in a more daring way by presenting them ripped, while Acne Studios decided to fold the hem to show a floral pattern.
    Michel Mejía, Glamour, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of imagined
Verb
  • Over all, critics fear that the memorial is simultaneously too big for Victoria Tower Gardens—and will displace attention from its other monuments—and yet too small to ever be a meaningful gathering place or campus, as originally envisaged by the government.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Essentially, there will be more program – meaning conference sessions, keynotes, round tables, workshops – and fewer screenings than was originally envisaged.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of envisaged
Verb
  • That was one problem with the flat rate system from the moment it was conceived, but the PUC pressed ahead anyway.
    Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • While much of Halo's iconography comes from the UNSC, Halo vehicles and troops, and, more importantly, the Spartans (not just Master Chief), the Covenant might be one of the most unique hostile alien factions ever conceived for a sci-fi story.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of conceived
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