"fantasize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfæntəˌsaɪz/ Forms: fantasizes [present, singular, third-person], fantasizing [participle, present], fantasized [participle, past], fantasized [past]
Etymology: From fantasy + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|fantasy|ize}} fantasy + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} fantasize (third-person singular simple present fantasizes, present participle fantasizing, simple past and past participle fantasized)
  1. (intransitive) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive Translations (to indulge in fantasy): تخيّل (Arabic), фантазирам (fantaziram) (Bulgarian), fantasmer (French), ფანტაზიორობა (panṭazioroba) (Georgian), ονειροπολώ (oneiropoló) (Greek), φαντάζομαι (fantázomai) (Greek), fantáziál (Hungarian), ເພີ້ຝັນ (phœ̄ fan) (Lao), ຈິນຕະນາການ (chin ta nā kān) (Lao), fantaséieren (Luxembourgish), fantasere (Norwegian), fantasiar (Portuguese), avea fantezii (Romanian), фантази́ровать (fantazírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), фантазирати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), fantazirati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), fantasear (Spanish), fantisera (Swedish), เพ้อฝัน (pə́ə-fǎn) (Thai), จินตนาการ (jin-dtà-naa-gaan) (Thai), ฝันเฟื่อง (fǎn-fʉ̂ʉang) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-fantasize-en-verb-adiqeW6y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Oxford spellings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 66 34 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'to indulge in fantasy': 79 21
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To portray in the mind, using fantasy. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive, transitive Translations (to portray in the mind): фантазирам си (fantaziram si) (Bulgarian), fantáziál (Hungarian), pohewa (Maori), fantasiar (Portuguese), kurgulamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fantasize-en-verb-GbdCUcf8 Disambiguation of 'to portray in the mind': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fantasise (english: non-Oxford British English), phantasise (english: non-Oxford British English) [dated], phantasize [dated]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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