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fantasize

or 󲹲·ٲ·

[ fan-tuh-sahyz ]

verb (used without object)

fantasized, fantasizing.
  1. to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about ):

    to fantasize about the ideal job.



verb (used with object)

fantasized, fantasizing.
  1. to create in one's fancy, daydreams, or the like; imagine:

    to fantasize a trip through space.

fantasize

/ ˈæԳəˌɪ /

verb

  1. whentr, takes a clause as object to conceive extravagant or whimsical ideas, images, etc
  2. intr to conceive pleasant or satisfying mental images
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ڲt·e noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fantasize1

First recorded in 1925–30; fantas(y) + -ize
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Last year, she started posting more educational videos when she realized she’s living the “Instagram farm dream” many fantasize about.

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But in her story, we can fantasize about death as a spatial occurrence, as well as about who she was and the life she could have had.

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He fantasized about replacing people with "artificial intelligence" and robots, even talking up the incel-inflected dream of replacing women with sex robots.

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Tariff tumult has discombobulated them only because they didn’t take Trump seriously when he fantasized at campaign rally after rally about “tariffing” the heck out of foreign imports.

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Police said Victoria Goodwin told them that she had only been fantasizing about killing her husband and did not remember sending the messages, the website said.

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