Meaning

2 senses
  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive)To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.

    I fantasized about my ideal date.

    фантази́роватьfantazírovatʹ

    фантазува́тиfantazuváty

  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive, transitive)To portray in the mind, using fantasy.

    фантазува́тиfantazuváty, сфантазува́тиsfantazuváty

    portray in the mind

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Sami fantasized about killing his wife.

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  2. She spent hours fantasizing about him.

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  3. I sexually fantasize about people who I know.

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  4. He sometimes fantasizes about meeting an attractive man.

    ruИногда он фантазирует о встрече с привлекательным мужчиной.

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  5. Layla fantasized about killing her mother her entire life.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to indulge in fantasy:
to portray in the mind:
Русский
By meaning 1
to indulge in fantasy:

Origin

From fantasy + -ize.

From fantasy + -ize.

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Forms

fantasizes, fantasizing, fantasized, fantasized
Base formfantasize · to fantasize
3rd person singularfantasizes
Present participlefantasizing
Past simplefantasized
Past participlefantasized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfantasize
he, she, itfantasizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsfantasized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fantasized
he, she, ithas fantasized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fantasize

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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