fantasize
verb (used without object)
to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed byabout ).
fantasized
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past participleof fantasize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof fantasize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
fantasizeverb (used without object)to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed byabout ).
Example Sentences
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For years the sisters had fantasized, half-seriously, about having their own YouTube channel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
What active trader hasn’t fantasized about stepping out of their time-traveling DeLorean in October 1929, 1987 or 2007 with a wad of cash?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
On Weibo, accounts linked to Xu have written that “Having more children can solve all problems” and fantasized about Xu’s children marrying Elon Musk’s children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
Director Guillermo del Toro fantasized about making a version of Mary Shelley’s classic for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
I’ve fantasized about being here so much, I’ve seen it in my dreams.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
