fantasise

verbB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,042 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: fantasises, fantasised, fantasising

To fantasise is to imagine things that will not happen. Fantasise about winning, stop fantasising, fantasise idly.

It differs from planning in expecting nothing, and research suggests that vividly imagining a success can slightly reduce the effort spent pursuing it. This is the British spelling; American writing has fantasize with a z.

Definitions of fantasise

1verbfantasiseTo imagine things that will not happen.B2+
“He often fantasises about quitting his job and sailing around the world.”

fantasise is an imagining.

Also accepted in games: fantasize

Where it comes from

Middle English
fantasie
English
fantasy
English, today
fantasise

Built from

φαντάζω · Ancient Greek — to render visible
φαντός · Ancient Greek — visible
φαίνω · Ancient Greek — to make visible
φάος · Ancient Greek — light

From fantasy + -ise. fantasy comes from Middle English fantasie. Noun Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (“apparition”), from φαντάζω (“to render visible”), from φαντός (“visible”), from φαίνω (“to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (“light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰh₂nyéti, from the root bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). a doublet of fancy and fantasia and phantasia and phantasy. Verb from Middle English fantasien, from Old French fantasier. a doublet of fancy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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