B1verb · transitive · common

fantasy

fantasy · fantasies · fantasied · fantasying

фантазувати, сфантазувати

фантазировать

To conceive mentally; to imagineTo conceive (something) mentally; to imagine.

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/ˈfæntəsi/

» It's just a fantasy.

Das ist ein bloßes Hirngespinst.

Das ist ein reines Hirngespinst.

Це лише фантазія.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To conceive (something) mentally; to imagine.
(literary, transitive)To fantasize about (something).
(intransitive)To conceive mentally; to imagine.
(intransitive, obsolete)To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.

More definitions

indulge in fantasies

Examples

115 sentences

It's just a fantasy.
Це лише фантазія.
deDas ist ein bloßes Hirngespinst.
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He lives in a world of fantasy.
ruОн живёт в мире фантазий.
deEr lebt in einer Traumwelt.
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Tom lives in a fantasy world.
Том живе у світі фантазій.
ruТом живёт в мире фантазий.
deTom lebt in einer imaginären Welt.
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Tom lives in a world of fantasy.
Том живе у світі фантазій.
ruТом живёт в мире иллюзий.
deTom lebt in einer Phantasiewelt.
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Science is not fantasy.
Наука — це не фантазія.
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Origin

Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from La

Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fancy, fantasia, phantasia, and phantasy.

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