Fancy - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈfænsɪ|  American pronunciation of the word fancy
Brit.  |ˈfænsɪ|  British pronunciation of the word fancy

noun

- something many people believe that is false (syn: fantasy, illusion, phantasy)
- imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
never had the wildest flights of fancy imagined such magnificence
- a predisposition to like something (syn: fondness, partiality)
she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less

verb

- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind (syn: envision, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualize)
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

adjective

- not plain; decorative or ornamented
fancy handwriting
fancy clothes

Extra examples

Which horse do you fancy in the Derby?

...try to fancy, if you can, our mother on an elephant when she was touring India...

His plans to build a new stadium are the product of pure fancy.

Critics have dismissed his plan as mere fancy.

He drives a big, fancy car.

...we're having a little get-together after the concert—nothing fancy...

This fancy is very ancient, for Orosius hints at it.

I fancy a swim.

She fancied she heard some voices.

He fancies himself not in the senate, but on the bench.

You can tell that she fancies herself from the way she dresses.

I do not think she fancies much the man.

Her belief that she can sing is a mere fancy.

Fancy a quick drink, Emma?

Sorry, but I don't fancy going out tonight.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: fancy
he/she/it: fancies
present participle: fancying
past tense: fancied
past participle: fancied
noun
singular: fancy
plural: fancies
adjective
comparative: fancier
superlative: fanciest
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