fantasy

Definition of Fantasy in English :

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Noun

1. fantasy, phantasy

imagination unrestricted by reality

Example Sentences:
'a schoolgirl fantasy'

phantasy

2. fantasy, phantasy

fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

Example Sentences:
'she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies'

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3. fancy, fantasy, illusion, phantasy

something many people believe that is false

Example Sentences:
'they have the illusion that I am very wealthy'

Verb

4. fantasise, fantasize, fantasy

indulge in fantasies

Example Sentences:
'he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fantasy

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noun plural -sies

1.

a.

imagination unrestricted by reality

b.

(as modifier)

a fantasy world

2.

a creation of the imagination, esp a weird or bizarre one

3. psychology

a.

a series of pleasing mental images, usually serving to fulfil a need not gratified in reality

b.

the activity of forming such images

4.

a whimsical or far-fetched notion

5.

an illusion, hallucination, or phantom

6.

a highly elaborate imaginative design or creation

7. music another word for fantasia, fancy (sense 13), (rarely) development (sense 5)

8.

a.

literature having a large fantasy content

b.

a prose or dramatic composition of this type

9. (modifier)

of or relating to a competition, often in a newspaper, in which a participant selects players for an imaginary ideal team, and points are awarded according to the actual performances of the chosen players

fantasy football

verb -sies, -sying or -sied

10. a less common word for fantasize

Fantasy

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nounWord forms: plural ˈfantasies

1.

imagination or fancy; esp., wild, visionary fancy

2.

an unnatural or bizarre mental image; illusion; phantasm

3.

an odd notion; whim; caprice

4.

a.

a work of fiction portraying highly imaginative (sense 3) characters or settings that have no counterparts in the real world

b.

such works, collectively, as a literary form; specif., those works dealing with dragons, elves, ghosts, etc.

5. Music

fantasia (sense 1) fantasia (sense 1a)

6. Psychology

a.

a more-or-less connected series of mental images, as in a daydream, usually involving some unfulfilled desire

b.

the activity of forming such images

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈfantasied or ˈfantasying

7.

to form fantasies about

verb intransitive

8.

to indulge in fantasies, as by daydreaming

adjective

9.

of or like a fantasy

10.

of or pertaining to any of various games in which scoring is keyed statistically to the performances of actual players in a sport

Fantasy

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n. pl. fan·ta·sies

1. The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy.

2. Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy.

3. A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.

4.

a. A genre of fiction or other artistic work characterized by fanciful or supernatural elements.

b. A work of this genre.

5. An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need.

6. An unrealistic or improbable supposition.

7. Music See fantasia.

8. A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.

9. Obsolete A hallucination.

adj.

Relating to or being a game in which participants act as owners of imaginary sports teams whose personnel consists of actual players selected from a professional sports league and team performance is determined by the combined statistics of the players.

tr.v. fan·ta·sied, fan·ta·sy·ing, fan·ta·sies

To imagine; visualize.

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