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fantasise

fantasise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fantasize.

Meaning of fantasize

Verb

fantasize (third-person singular simple present fantasizes, present participle fantasizing, simple past and past participle fantasized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.
    • I fantasized about my ideal date.
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive, transitive) To portray in the mind, using fantasy.
    • Not that Mom and I didn't have our "shared experiences" — it's just that I'd like to forget most of them. I'd rather fantasize us together in that little cafe.1984 August 11, Janice Irvine, “Secrets of Fear, Shame, and Love”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 9

Forms of fantasise

third-person singular presentfantasises
present participlefantasising
past participlefantasised
pastfantasised
alternative British English Oxford USfantasize

Origin of fantasise

From fantasy + -ise.

Words formed from fantasise

Questions about fantasise

What is fantasise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Fantasise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fantasize.

Words near fantasise in the dictionary

  1. fantasied
  2. fantasies
  3. fantasies of manners
  4. fantasisation
  5. fantasisations
  6. fantasise
  7. fantasised
  8. fantasiser
  9. fantasisers
  10. fantasises
  11. fantasising

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