dream up

verb

dreamed up or dreamt up; dreaming up; dreams up

transitive verb

: to form in the mind : devise, concoct

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Owners are dreaming up concepts to give today’s influencers the experience of feeling like kids in candy stores. — Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The joyful sipper was dreamed up by bartender Bradleigh Mobley of Bayonet restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama. — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026 That plot twist gives Chase the opportunity to send Gemma into the Further, dreaming up all sorts of frighteningly surreal environments. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 That’s why husband-and-wife team Adam DeLancett and Whitney Hayes dreamt up their own indoor Renaissance fair, the Magik and Mythk Festival, which returns to Osceola Heritage Park this weekend for its second year. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026 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 1 Sep. 2026.

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