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| 1. | [ verb ] imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | |
| Synonyms: | see picture envision visualize figure visualise image project | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | imagine understand visualise image mental_picture imagination illusion visionary visual_image picturing figuration visualizer | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] not plain; decorative or ornamented | |
| Examples: | "fancy handwriting" "fancy clothes" |
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| Related terms: | plain elaborate lacy dressy aureate baroque busy rich damascene battlemented embattled garnished fanciful puff crackle rococo vermicular damask rhetorical adorned | |
| 3. | [ noun ] something many people believe that is false | |
| Synonyms: | illusion phantasy fantasy | |
| Examples: | "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" |
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| Related terms: | misconception wishful_thinking will-o'-the-wisp bubble visualize | |
| 4. | [ verb ] have a fancy or particular liking or desire for | |
| Synonyms: | take_to go_for | |
| Examples: | "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window" |
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| Related terms: | desire like | |
| 5. | [ noun ] fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination | |
| Related terms: | imagination visualize | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a predisposition to like something | |
| Synonyms: | fondness partiality | |
| Examples: | "he had a fondness for whiskey" |
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| Related terms: | liking | |
| Similar spelling: |
faience Faunus Faunce |
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