dream up

verb

dreamed up or dreamt up; dreaming up; dreams up

transitive verb

: to form in the mind : devise, concoct

Examples of dream up in a Sentence

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When the swell of the organ died down, former diplomat, political power broker and playwright Mordecai Manuel Noah – the man who had dreamed up Ararat – rose to his feet. Adam L. Rovner, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2025 For years, Cronenberg has had to dream up his own unsettling technology for films like Videodrome, The Fly, Dead Ringers, and eXistenZ, but at least for one scene in The Shrouds, Musk made the filmmaker’s life a little easier. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2025 In addition to Bedouin and Omani influences, the 21-acre property (dreamed up by Jean-Michel Gathy) is inspired by Asian design principles. Nicole Brewer, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2025 Trevelyan dreamed up the scheme as a way to call attention to the Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata), which is threatened by land-use changes, habitat loss, predators and climate change. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dream up

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dream up was in 1837

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“Dream up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dream%20up. Accessed 10 May. 2025.

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