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   Rev·er·ie

   /ˈrev(ə)rē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream: "a knock on the door broke her reverie"
   • ▪ an instrumental piece suggesting a dreamy or musing state: "his own compositions can move from impressionist reveries to an orchestral chordal approach"
   • ▪ a fanciful or impractical idea or theory: "he defended and explained all the reveries of astrology"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from obsolete French resverie, from Old French reverie ‘rejoicing, revelry’, from rever ‘be delirious’, of unknown ultimate origin.

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   noun. a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing: lost in reverie. Synonyms: brown study, abstraction. a daydream. a fantastic, visionary, or impractical idea: reveries that will never come to fruition. Music. an instrumental composition of a vague and dreamy character. reverie.

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   Definitions of reverie. noun. an abstracted state of absorption. synonyms: revery. see more. noun. absentminded dreaming while awake. synonyms: air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, revery. see more.

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   2 days ago · noun Word forms: plural -eries. 1. an act or state of absent-minded daydreaming. to fall into a reverie. 2. a piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream. 3. archaic. a fanciful or visionary notion; daydream. Collins English Dictionary.

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   1. an act or state of absent-minded daydreaming: to fall into a reverie. 2. (Music, other) a piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream. 3. archaic a fanciful or visionary notion; daydream. [C14: from Old French resverie wildness, from resver to behave wildly, of uncertain origin; see rave 1]

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   Check pronunciation: reverie. Definition of reverie noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Reverie definition: a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing. See examples of REVERIE used in a sentence.

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   REVERIE meaning: a pleasant state in which you are thinking of something else, not what is happening around you. Learn more.