Lucid
adjective
Clear to understand, easy to see or think about.
After waking up from his nap, he had a lucid thought.
Often appears as...
- lucid explanation
- lucid thought
adjective
In a state where you can think clearly and understand things, especially during a period of illness.
Even in his final days, grandpa was lucid and recognized us all.
Often appears as...
- lucid moment
- lucid period
adjective
Having full use of one's faculties, or clear to the understanding.
The court accepted the will because the man was lucid when it was signed.
Often appears as...
- legally lucid
- lucid testament
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Formal
Legal
adjective
Referring to a period of clearness or clarity in a person suffering from dementia or mental illness.
The Alzheimer's patient had a lucid interval and could recall her daughter's name.
Often appears as...
- lucid phase
- lucid time
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Formal
Medical
adjective
Relating to a type of dream where the dreamer realizes they are dreaming while it is happening, and can control the dream.
He experienced a lucid dream and was able to fly.
Often appears as...
- lucid dreaming
- lucid dreamer
adjective
Clear to understand, easy to see or think about.
After waking up from his nap, he had a lucid thought.
Often appears as...
- lucid explanation
- lucid thought
adjective
In a state where you can think clearly and understand things, especially during a period of illness.
Even in his final days, grandpa was lucid and recognized us all.
Often appears as...
- lucid moment
- lucid period
adjective
Having full use of one's faculties, or clear to the understanding.
The court accepted the will because the man was lucid when it was signed.
Often appears as...
- legally lucid
- lucid testament
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
adjective
Referring to a period of clearness or clarity in a person suffering from dementia or mental illness.
The Alzheimer's patient had a lucid interval and could recall her daughter's name.
Often appears as...
- lucid phase
- lucid time
Usage tips
Formal
Medical
adjective
Relating to a type of dream where the dreamer realizes they are dreaming while it is happening, and can control the dream.
He experienced a lucid dream and was able to fly.
Often appears as...
- lucid dreaming
- lucid dreamer
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Speech Clarity
Used when someone expresses ideas in a way that's very easy to understand.
Her lucid presentation made the complex topic easy for everyone to grasp.
Pro Tip 2/2Logical Arguments
Often found in contexts where clear reasoning is showcased.
His argument was so lucid that nobody could disagree.
Pro Tip 1/2Speech Clarity
Used when someone expresses ideas in a way that's very easy to understand.
Her lucid presentation made the complex topic easy for everyone to grasp.
Pro Tip 2/2Logical Arguments
Often found in contexts where clear reasoning is showcased.
His argument was so lucid that nobody could disagree.
Pro Tip 1/2Speech Clarity
Used when someone expresses ideas in a way that's very easy to understand.
Her lucid presentation made the complex topic easy for everyone to grasp.
Pro Tip 2/2Logical Arguments
Often found in contexts where clear reasoning is showcased.
His argument was so lucid that nobody could disagree.
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3 clues to understanding...
She's some other woman pretending to be my mother." Now, why does this happen? Why would somebody -- and this person is perfectly lucid and intelligent in all other respects, but when he sees his mother, his delusion kicks in and says, it's not mother. Now, the most common interpretation of this, which you find in all the psychiatry textbooks,
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My life as a work of art...
I carefully place things till I feel they belong. Then, I get a lot of my ideas from lucid dreaming. I actually go to sleep to come up with my ideas, and I've taught myself to wake up to write them down. I wear things till they fall apart, and then, I give them a new life.
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How do you know you’re...
that will seem very strange after you wake up? Well, it is possible to notice the strangeness of a dream while you’re dreaming. Lucid dreamers know they’re dreaming. By definition, if you were having a lucid dream, you would know it.
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How urban spaces can...
And hopefully, as people come, the water will drain out, fill up, drain out and fill up. And you'll be forced to come to terms with that memory of place, that memory of that crossing, that at times seems very lucid and clear,
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Ken Kamler: Medical...
He really said that. So he was completely lucid, but he was very severely frostbitten. You can see his hand is completely white; his face, his nose, is burned. First, it turns white, and then when it's completed necrosis,
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Tim Flannery: Here on...
in the book about the atmosphere the way the atmosphere works the way that dust which is often created by living things is important in regulating Earth's climate system it's an extraordinary lucid what I say a
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What hallucination...
It was evident straightaway that she was perfectly sane and lucid and of good intelligence, but she'd been very startled and very bewildered, because she'd been seeing things.
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Safari Live - Day 202 PIPE...
lucid they're her favorite as well the always miss count could you because you think you've seen them all and then suddenly more materialized out of the bushes
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My Inner Life with...
Today, I want to talk to you about dreams. I have been a lucid dreamer my whole life, and it's cooler than in the movies. Beyond flying, breathing fire,
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See Why the Mysterious...
mystery they're mysterious they are lucid they're secretive but they're amazing animals
Video examples
3 clues to understanding...
She's some other woman pretending to be my mother." Now, why does this happen? Why would somebody -- and this person is perfectly lucid and intelligent in all other respects, but when he sees his mother, his delusion kicks in and says, it's not mother. Now, the most common interpretation of this, which you find in all the psychiatry textbooks,
Video examples
My life as a work of art...
I carefully place things till I feel they belong. Then, I get a lot of my ideas from lucid dreaming. I actually go to sleep to come up with my ideas, and I've taught myself to wake up to write them down. I wear things till they fall apart, and then, I give them a new life.
Video examples
How do you know you’re...
that will seem very strange after you wake up? Well, it is possible to notice the strangeness of a dream while you’re dreaming. Lucid dreamers know they’re dreaming. By definition, if you were having a lucid dream, you would know it.
Video examples
How urban spaces can...
And hopefully, as people come, the water will drain out, fill up, drain out and fill up. And you'll be forced to come to terms with that memory of place, that memory of that crossing, that at times seems very lucid and clear,
Video examples
Ken Kamler: Medical...
He really said that. So he was completely lucid, but he was very severely frostbitten. You can see his hand is completely white; his face, his nose, is burned. First, it turns white, and then when it's completed necrosis,
Video examples
Tim Flannery: Here on...
in the book about the atmosphere the way the atmosphere works the way that dust which is often created by living things is important in regulating Earth's climate system it's an extraordinary lucid what I say a
Video examples
What hallucination...
It was evident straightaway that she was perfectly sane and lucid and of good intelligence, but she'd been very startled and very bewildered, because she'd been seeing things.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 202 PIPE...
lucid they're her favorite as well the always miss count could you because you think you've seen them all and then suddenly more materialized out of the bushes
Video examples
My Inner Life with...
Today, I want to talk to you about dreams. I have been a lucid dreamer my whole life, and it's cooler than in the movies. Beyond flying, breathing fire,
Video examples
See Why the Mysterious...
mystery they're mysterious they are lucid they're secretive but they're amazing animals
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jonathan Glazer
English Director
When you're making the film, you don't really think the audience; it's only when you start editing that you really start to became aware of your audience because you're thinking of how you communicate these ideas, and how lucid can you be, and yet stay within the language you've established.
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Christine and the Queens
French Musician
I remember studying so hard for so long and saying to my parents, 'I will be a teacher.' And they were looking at me like, 'Girl... you just want to be on stage. Stop pretending.' So when I chose to do music, they were relieved. My parents were more intelligent and lucid than I was.
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Paul Reiser
American Comedian
We had the boy's name picked out, but we didn't have a girl's. When he turned out to be a boy, we were so relieved. Literally, in the middle of contracting and pushing, and with my wife being drugged - out and half - lucid, we were still coming up with names.
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Chris Martin
American Musician
Once a week, I don't eat for 24 or 30 hours. Your brain becomes very lucid about ideas. It also made me so grateful for food and for life, basically, and that's why a lot more joy is coming through our music, I think.
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Sylvie Guillem
French Dancer
While I enjoy it, I will continue to go onstage. While I contribute something, fine. I don't want to be dragging my feet. I don't want to become pathetic, but I think I will be lucid enough. I'll know when to stop.
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Stephen LaBerge
American Psychologist
Not all lucid dreams are useful but they all have a sense of wonder about them. If you must sleep through a third of your life, why should you sleep through your dreams, too?
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Leonard Slatkin
American Celebrity
I'm not particularly lucid after a concert. I'm not very lucid before, either.
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John McAfee
American Businessman
I would describe myself as quite sane and lucid, which is why I'm still alive.
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Juice Wrld
American Rapper
Lucid dreaming is dreaming but you being aware that you're doing it.
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Dylan Thomas
Welsh Poet
Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.
Quote examples
Jonathan Glazer
English Director
When you're making the film, you don't really think the audience; it's only when you start editing that you really start to became aware of your audience because you're thinking of how you communicate these ideas, and how lucid can you be, and yet stay within the language you've established.
Quote examples
Christine and the Queens
French Musician
I remember studying so hard for so long and saying to my parents, 'I will be a teacher.' And they were looking at me like, 'Girl... you just want to be on stage. Stop pretending.' So when I chose to do music, they were relieved. My parents were more intelligent and lucid than I was.
Quote examples
Paul Reiser
American Comedian
We had the boy's name picked out, but we didn't have a girl's. When he turned out to be a boy, we were so relieved. Literally, in the middle of contracting and pushing, and with my wife being drugged - out and half - lucid, we were still coming up with names.
Quote examples
Chris Martin
American Musician
Once a week, I don't eat for 24 or 30 hours. Your brain becomes very lucid about ideas. It also made me so grateful for food and for life, basically, and that's why a lot more joy is coming through our music, I think.
Quote examples
Sylvie Guillem
French Dancer
While I enjoy it, I will continue to go onstage. While I contribute something, fine. I don't want to be dragging my feet. I don't want to become pathetic, but I think I will be lucid enough. I'll know when to stop.
Quote examples
Stephen LaBerge
American Psychologist
Not all lucid dreams are useful but they all have a sense of wonder about them. If you must sleep through a third of your life, why should you sleep through your dreams, too?
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Leonard Slatkin
American Celebrity
I'm not particularly lucid after a concert. I'm not very lucid before, either.
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John McAfee
American Businessman
I would describe myself as quite sane and lucid, which is why I'm still alive.
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Juice Wrld
American Rapper
Lucid dreaming is dreaming but you being aware that you're doing it.
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Dylan Thomas
Welsh Poet
Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.
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