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fancying
Overview of verb fancy
The verb fancy has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image -- (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy")
2. (1) fancy, go for, take to -- (have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window")
Antonyms of verb fancy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fancy
2 senses of fancy
Sense 1
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
=> imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
=> create by mental act, create mentally
=> make, create
Sense 2
fancy, go for, take to
=> desire, want
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fancy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fancy
2 senses of fancy
Sense 1
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
=> imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
Sense 2
fancy, go for, take to
=> desire, want
'Cause To' of verb fancy
Derived Forms of verb fancy
2 senses of fancy
Sense 1
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
RELATED TO>(noun) fancy#1
=> illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy
RELATED TO>(noun) fancy#2
=> fancy
Sense 2
fancy, go for, take to
RELATED TO>(noun) fancy#3
=> fondness, fancy, partiality
RELATED TO>(noun) fancier#1
=> fancier, enthusiast
Domain of verb fancy
Domain Terms of verb fancy
Familiarity of verb fancy
fancy used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb fancy
2 senses of fancy
Sense 1
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
fancy, go for, take to
EX: They fancy more bread
EX: Sam cannot fancy Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fancy
2 senses of fancy
Sense 1
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
> imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
=> visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
=> visualize, visualise
=> envision, foresee
=> fantasize, fantasise
=> prefigure
=> think
=> fantasy, fantasize, fantasise
=> dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze
Sense 2
fancy, go for, take to
> desire, want
=> crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust
=> fancy, go for, take to
=> miss
=> hope
=> wish
=> wish, wish well
=> wish, care, like
=> itch, spoil
=> like
=> ambition
=> feel like
=> envy, begrudge
=> lust after, lech after
=> hanker, long, yearn
=> seek
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fancy
Sense 1
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
=> imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
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Sense 2
fancy, go for, take to
=> desire, want
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Grep of verb fancy
fancy
fancy up
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