"fantasy" meaning in English

See fantasy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfæntəsi/ [UK], /ˈfæn(t)əsi/ [US] Audio: en-us-fantasy.ogg [US] Forms: fantasy [singular], fantasies [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|2=fantasies}} [POS TABLE]
  1. That which comes from one's imagination.
    Sense id: simple-fantasy-en-noun-iRGo9U1s
  2. The literary genre of magic and fictive medieval technology.
    Sense id: simple-fantasy-en-noun-lxThqnYw Categories (other): Literature
  3. The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
    Sense id: simple-fantasy-en-noun-DJ8iNEv- Categories (other): Slang

Verb

IPA: /ˈfæntəsi/ [UK], /ˈfæn(t)əsi/ [US] Audio: en-us-fantasy.ogg [US] Forms: fantasy [canonical], fantasies [third-person, singular], fantasied [past], fantasied [past, participle], fantasying [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|fantas|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To fantasize (about)
    Sense id: simple-fantasy-en-verb-jOloN6uu
  2. To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.
    Sense id: simple-fantasy-en-verb-bRRLNNrL Categories (other): Old words
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