Definitions for pipe dream
pipe dream

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1. pipe dream, dreamnoun

   a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)

   "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"

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1. pipe dreamnoun

   A plan, desire, or idea that will not likely work; a near impossibility.

2. Etymology: From the fantasies experienced when smoking an opium pipe.

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1. pipe dream

   A pipe dream is an idea or a plan that is highly unrealistic, improbable, or fanciful. It often refers to something that one hopes or wishes for but is very unlikely to occur or be achieved. The phrase comes from the false dreams or imaginations that may come after smoking a pipe filled with opium, a powerful drug that can cause hallucinations.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pipe dream in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pipe dream in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of pipe dream in a Sentence

1. Gillian Giannetti:

   As they abandon this dirty pipe dream, Dominion and Duke should now pivot to investing more in energy efficiency, wind and solar -- that's how to provide jobs and a better future for all.

2. Brad Cornell:

   If [ the market is ] priced to perfection and then something indicates that the perfection is a pipe dream, prices will come off.

3. Amy Klobuchar:

   I think we owe it to the American people to tell them where to send the invoice, the difference between a plan and a pipe dream is something you can actually get done.

4. Yong Ho:

   If the U.S. still dreams a pipe dream of gaining everything through sanctions, we are left with two options, either to leave it enjoying the dream to its heart's content or to wake it up from the dream, we are ready for both dialogue and standoff.

5. Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann:

   Their disregard for the consequences of their actions both in respect of the insolvent companies and in respect of the mine's workforce was indisputably reckless, the entire project was and remained a pipe dream.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pipe dream
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pipe_Dream
3. ^ ChatGPT
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