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Noun
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(n)
illusion (illusion%1:09:00::)
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fantasy (fantasy%1:09:01::)
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phantasy (phantasy%1:09:01::)
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fancy (fancy%1:09:02::)
(something many people believe that is false)
"they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
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(n)
fancy (fancy%1:09:01::)
(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"
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(n)
fondness (fondness%1:12:01::)
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fancy (fancy%1:12:00::)
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partiality (partiality%1:12:00::)
(a predisposition to like something)
"he had a fondness for whiskey"; "she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less"
Verb
S:
(v)
visualize (visualize%2:36:00::)
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visualise (visualise%2:36:00::)
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envision (envision%2:36:00::)
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project (project%2:36:00::)
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fancy (fancy%2:36:00::)
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see (see%2:36:00::)
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figure (figure%2:36:00::)
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picture (picture%2:36:01::)
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image (image%2:36:00::)
(imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind)
"I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
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(v)
fancy (fancy%2:37:00::)
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go for (go_for%2:37:00::)
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take to (take_to%2:37:00::)
(have a fancy or particular liking or desire for)
"She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
Adjective
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(adj)
fancy (fancy%3:00:00::)
(not plain; decorative or ornamented)
"fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"