fantasize
verb (used without object)
to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed byabout ).
fantasise
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a variation of
fantasize.
Example Sentences
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Dreamers, for example, fantasise about the future too much, while rebels feel a lack of control and so procrastinate in protest.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Records showed the worker noted that Sophie was prone to fantasise and "appears to try to gain attention and shock others by what she says".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2022
While for a young couple in west Wales, they can only fantasise about buying a property of their own.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2021
Growing up, Van Ness used to fantasise he would help other people like himself.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 22, 2019
Paris is a city of illusion and those who watched the événements fizzle out as quickly as they started soon began to fantasise, awarding them a significance that was not warranted.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2018
