To have a desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or to imagine a plan which is unlikely to work; to dream of a near impossibility.
Infinitivepipe-dream
Past simplepipe-dreamed
Past participlepipe-dreamed
-ing formpipe-dreaming
Full conjugation of the English verb to pipe-dream (past simple pipe-dreamed,
past participle pipe-dreamed):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
pipe-dream
you
pipe-dream
he/she/it
pipe-dreams
we
pipe-dream
you
pipe-dream
they
pipe-dream
Present continuous
I
am pipe-dreaming
you
are pipe-dreaming
he/she/it
is pipe-dreaming
we
are pipe-dreaming
you
are pipe-dreaming
they
are pipe-dreaming
Present perfect
I
have pipe-dreamed
you
have pipe-dreamed
he/she/it
has pipe-dreamed
we
have pipe-dreamed
you
have pipe-dreamed
they
have pipe-dreamed
Present perfect continuous
I
have been pipe-dreaming
you
have been pipe-dreaming
he/she/it
has been pipe-dreaming
we
have been pipe-dreaming
you
have been pipe-dreaming
they
have been pipe-dreaming
Past simple
I
pipe-dreamed
you
pipe-dreamed
he/she/it
pipe-dreamed
we
pipe-dreamed
you
pipe-dreamed
they
pipe-dreamed
Past continuous
I
was pipe-dreaming
you
were pipe-dreaming
he/she/it
was pipe-dreaming
we
were pipe-dreaming
you
were pipe-dreaming
they
were pipe-dreaming
Past perfect
I
had pipe-dreamed
you
had pipe-dreamed
he/she/it
had pipe-dreamed
we
had pipe-dreamed
you
had pipe-dreamed
they
had pipe-dreamed
Past perfect continuous
I
had been pipe-dreaming
you
had been pipe-dreaming
he/she/it
had been pipe-dreaming
we
had been pipe-dreaming
you
had been pipe-dreaming
they
had been pipe-dreaming
Future simple
I
will pipe-dream
you
will pipe-dream
he/she/it
will pipe-dream
we
will pipe-dream
you
will pipe-dream
they
will pipe-dream
Future continuous
I
will be pipe-dreaming
you
will be pipe-dreaming
he/she/it
will be pipe-dreaming
we
will be pipe-dreaming
you
will be pipe-dreaming
they
will be pipe-dreaming
Future perfect
I
will have pipe-dreamed
you
will have pipe-dreamed
he/she/it
will have pipe-dreamed
we
will have pipe-dreamed
you
will have pipe-dreamed
they
will have pipe-dreamed
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been pipe-dreaming
you
will have been pipe-dreaming
he/she/it
will have been pipe-dreaming
we
will have been pipe-dreaming
you
will have been pipe-dreaming
they
will have been pipe-dreaming
Conditional
Present
I
would pipe-dream
you
would pipe-dream
he/she/it
would pipe-dream
we
would pipe-dream
you
would pipe-dream
they
would pipe-dream
Present continuous
I
would be pipe-dreaming
you
would be pipe-dreaming
he/she/it
would be pipe-dreaming
we
would be pipe-dreaming
you
would be pipe-dreaming
they
would be pipe-dreaming
Perfect
I
would have pipe-dreamed
you
would have pipe-dreamed
he/she/it
would have pipe-dreamed
we
would have pipe-dreamed
you
would have pipe-dreamed
they
would have pipe-dreamed
Perfect continuous
I
would have been pipe-dreaming
you
would have been pipe-dreaming
he/she/it
would have been pipe-dreaming
we
would have been pipe-dreaming
you
would have been pipe-dreaming
they
would have been pipe-dreaming
Subjunctive
Present
that I
pipe-dream
that you
pipe-dream
that he/she/it
pipe-dream
that we
pipe-dream
that you
pipe-dream
that they
pipe-dream
Past
if I
pipe-dreamed
if you
pipe-dreamed
if he/she/it
pipe-dreamed
if we
pipe-dreamed
if you
pipe-dreamed
if they
pipe-dreamed
Imperative
Affirmative
you
pipe-dream
we
let's pipe-dream
Negative
you
don't pipe-dream
we
let's not pipe-dream
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to pipe-dream
Perfect infinitive
to have pipe-dreamed
Present participle / gerund
pipe-dreaming
Past participle
pipe-dreamed
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