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Fantasy - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Fantasy : (noun)
1: imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"
[syn: phantasy]
2: fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it; "she made a
lot of money writing romantic fantasies" [syn: phantasy]
3: something many people believe that is false; "they have the
illusion that I am very wealthy" [syn: illusion, phantasy,
fancy]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Fantasy : \Fan"ta*sy\, n.; pl. Fantasies. [See Fancy.]
1. Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful
conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice;
humor.
Is not this something more than fantasy ? --Shak.
A thousand fantasies Being to throng into my memory.
--Milton.
2. Fantastic designs.
Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold
thread. --Hawthorne.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Fantasy : \Fan"ta*sy\, v. t.
To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.
[Obs.] --Cavendish.
Which he doth most fantasy. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Fantasy |
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DKDEICHKINDK: Gestern "Avatar - Die Reise nach Pandora" im Kino geguckt...war richtig fett!Sogar in 3D...Für Sci-Fiction- und Fantasy-Fans ein Muss!! :D |
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Rilkham: Keep a clean sheet fulham for my Fantasy football team please!! |
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karansarora: Spike Jonze sans Charlie Kaufman makes for a refreshingly imagined but terribly mopey Fantasy Where the Wild Things Are. So disappointed. |
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