FANTASIZE


Meaning of FANTASIZE in English

(~s, fantasizing, ~d)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'fantasise'

1.

If you ~ about an event or situation that you would like to happen, you give yourself pleasure by imagining that it is happening, although it is untrue or unlikely to happen.

I fantasised about writing music...

Her husband died in 1967, although she fantasised that he was still alive.

VERB: V about n/-ing, V that

2.

If someone ~s, they try to excite themselves sexually by imagining a particular person or situation.

Research has shown that men are likely to ~ far more frequently than women...

I tried to ~ about Christine: those wondering blue eyes, that coppery red hair of hers.

VERB: V, V about/over n, also V n

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