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fancying

SayFAN-see-ing/ˈfæn.si.ɪŋ/

Noun pluralfancyings

2 meanings of fancying

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  1. 1
    verb
    The -ing form of fancy. Use it to name the action, or after a noun to describe it.

    He is always fancying himself the hero of every story.

    She kept fancying that someone was following her home.

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  2. 2
    noun
    Something you picture in your mind that is not real.
    These sad fancyings – chimeras, doubtless, of a sick and silly brain – led on the other and more special thoughts, concerning the eccentricities of Bartleby.
    1853, Herman Melville, Bartleby the ScrivenerHere, fancyings means things imagined in the mind, not real.

    Similarfantasy, imagining, figment, illusion

    Oppositereality, fact

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fancying is a form of fancy

fancy, verb: To want something or like the idea of it, like 'Do you fancy a coffee?' Full entry

Forms
fancyfancies he/she/itfancying -ing formfancied past tense, past participle
Spelling
fancy → fancying: add -ing

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