Reverie
noun
A state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.
He was snapped out of his reverie by the teacher's sharp voice.
Often appears as...
- lost in reverie
- pleasant reverie
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Formal
noun
An instrumental piece suggesting a dreamy or musing state.
His latest composition is a beautiful reverie for violin and piano.
Often appears as...
- play a reverie
- compose a reverie
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Formal
Academic
noun
A fanciful or visionary notion; a daydream.
Her mind was filled with a reverie of what life might be like in such a place.
Often appears as...
- fall into a reverie
- wake from a reverie
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Formal
Literary
noun
A state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.
He was snapped out of his reverie by the teacher's sharp voice.
Often appears as...
- lost in reverie
- pleasant reverie
Usage tips
Formal
noun
An instrumental piece suggesting a dreamy or musing state.
His latest composition is a beautiful reverie for violin and piano.
Often appears as...
- play a reverie
- compose a reverie
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A fanciful or visionary notion; a daydream.
Her mind was filled with a reverie of what life might be like in such a place.
Often appears as...
- fall into a reverie
- wake from a reverie
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
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Pro Tip 1/2Mental Escape
Use 'reverie' to describe a pleasant distraction from the present moment.
During the long meeting, she drifted into reverie, imagining her next vacation.
Pro Tip 2/2Interrupted Daydream
'Reverie' often implies being snapped back to reality by an interruption.
The sudden noise of construction pulled him out of his reverie.
Pro Tip 1/2Mental Escape
Use 'reverie' to describe a pleasant distraction from the present moment.
During the long meeting, she drifted into reverie, imagining her next vacation.
Pro Tip 2/2Interrupted Daydream
'Reverie' often implies being snapped back to reality by an interruption.
The sudden noise of construction pulled him out of his reverie.
Pro Tip 1/2Mental Escape
Use 'reverie' to describe a pleasant distraction from the present moment.
During the long meeting, she drifted into reverie, imagining her next vacation.
Pro Tip 2/2Interrupted Daydream
'Reverie' often implies being snapped back to reality by an interruption.
The sudden noise of construction pulled him out of his reverie.
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Video examples
The ballet that incited...
pushing folk and musical boundaries to draw out the rawness of pagan ritual. Stravinsky brought this reverie to life in collaboration with artist Nicholas Roerich. Roerich was obsessed with prehistoric times. He had published essays about human sacrifice
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Daydreaming: The bridge...
chipmunk cheeks Oh daydreaming most people think it's just idle reverie a lapse and attention but what if it's actually the habitual practice of imagining the practice of
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The ballet that incited...
pushing folk and musical boundaries to draw out the rawness of pagan ritual. Stravinsky brought this reverie to life in collaboration with artist Nicholas Roerich. Roerich was obsessed with prehistoric times. He had published essays about human sacrifice
Video examples
Daydreaming: The bridge...
chipmunk cheeks Oh daydreaming most people think it's just idle reverie a lapse and attention but what if it's actually the habitual practice of imagining the practice of
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Quote examples
Jim Woodring
American Artist
Real shapes and real patterns are things you would observe in nature, like the marks on the back of a cobra's hood or the markings on a fish or a lizard. Imaginary shapes are just that, symbols that come to a person in dreams or reveries and are charged with meaning.
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Hermann Hesse
German Novelist
It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would probably have been disrupted by reminders of daily duties, of getting up and going to school.
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William Godwin
English Writer
In contemplation and reverie, one thought introduces another perpetually; and it is by similarity, or the hooking of one upon the other, that the process of thinking is carried on.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French Philosopher
I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.
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James Douglas
Leader
It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.
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Antoine Rivarol
French Journalist
To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.
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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish Businessman
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
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John Locke
English Philosopher
Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
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William Ellery Channing
American Writer
Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.
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Jim Woodring
American Artist
Real shapes and real patterns are things you would observe in nature, like the marks on the back of a cobra's hood or the markings on a fish or a lizard. Imaginary shapes are just that, symbols that come to a person in dreams or reveries and are charged with meaning.
Quote examples
Hermann Hesse
German Novelist
It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would probably have been disrupted by reminders of daily duties, of getting up and going to school.
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William Godwin
English Writer
In contemplation and reverie, one thought introduces another perpetually; and it is by similarity, or the hooking of one upon the other, that the process of thinking is carried on.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French Philosopher
I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.
Quote examples
James Douglas
Leader
It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.
Quote examples
Antoine Rivarol
French Journalist
To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.
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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish Businessman
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
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John Locke
English Philosopher
Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
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William Ellery Channing
American Writer
Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.
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