fantasize
verb (used without object)
to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed byabout ).
has fantasized
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present perfectof fantasize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has fantasized about getting Rollins to return.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 5, 2017
Lacob has fantasized about owning a team since he was 9, when he walked into a Boys Club in New Bedford, Mass., his hometown, and saw his first parquet basketball floor.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2016
Don has fantasized about a romantic escape plenty before: He once left the schoolteacher Miss Farrell idling in her car.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2015
The island’s security has fantasized about all possible contingencies.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2012
"I think everybody born in this century has fantasized about a restaurant, but I think it would be insane," he says in a voice as rich and mellow as vintage port.
From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard
