Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To conceive (something) mentally; to imagine.

  2. (literary, transitive)To fantasize about (something).

  3. (intransitive)To conceive mentally; to imagine.

  4. (intransitive, obsolete)To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.

More definitions
  • indulge in fantasies

Examples

115 sentences
  1. It's just a fantasy.

    Це лише фантазія. — rmdas

    deDas ist ein bloßes Hirngespinst. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. He lives in a world of fantasy.

    ruОн живёт в мире фантазий. — Hellerick

    deEr lebt in einer Traumwelt. — xtofu80

  3. Tom lives in a fantasy world.

    Том живе у світі фантазій. — deniko

    ruТом живёт в мире фантазий. — marafon

    deTom lebt in einer imaginären Welt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom lives in a world of fantasy.

    Том живе у світі фантазій. — deniko

    ruТом живёт в мире иллюзий. — marafon

    deTom lebt in einer Phantasiewelt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Science is not fantasy.

    Наука — це не фантазія. — deniko

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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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Forms

fantasies, fantasying, fantasied, fantasied
Base formfantasy · to fantasy
3rd person singularfantasies
Present participlefantasying
Past simplefantasied
Past participlefantasied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfantasy
he, she, itfantasies

Past simpleLesson

all personsfantasied

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fantasy

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

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