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What (who) is fantasize - definition
fantasize
(fantasizes, fantasizing, fantasized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'fantasise'
1.
If you fantasize about an event or situation that you would like to happen, you give yourself pleasure by imagining that it is happening, although it is untrue or unlikely to happen.
I fantasised about writing music...
Her husband died in 1967, although she fantasised that he was still alive.
VERB: V about n/-ing, V that
2.
If someone fantasizes, they try to excite themselves sexually by imagining a particular person or situation.
Research has shown that men are likely to fantasize far more frequently than women...
I tried to fantasize about Christine: those wondering blue eyes, that coppery red hair of hers.
VERB: V, V about/over n, also V n
fantasize
or fantasise
¦ verb indulge in daydreaming about something desired.
Derivatives
fantasist noun
fantasize
v. (D; intr.) to fantasize about
Examples of use of fantasize
1. "But we could fantasize about that all day," he cautioned.
2. By Paz Vaysman Tags: computers Who among us doesn‘t fantasize about a new portable computer?
3. "I fantasize about this every year, and this year I came," he said, his eyes gleaming.
4. People love to fantasize about an aquarium, for instance, but they forget what expenses are involved.
5. Alchemy means something unscientific, practiced by dreamers who fantasize about getting rich quick.