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{
"term": "fancy",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "fancy",
"heSheIt": "fancies"
},
"pastSimple": "fancied",
"pastParticiple": "fancied",
"ingForm": "fancying"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to want something or want to do something",
"sensetop": "fancy somethingfancy doing something",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Fancy a drink?",
"contextForm": "fancy something"
},
{
"text": "I fancied a change of scene."
},
{
"text": "She didn't fancy *(= did not like)* the idea of going home in the dark."
},
{
"text": "Do you fancy going out this evening?",
"contextForm": "fancy doing something"
}
],
"synonyms": "feel like"
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to be sexually attracted to somebody",
"sensetop": "fancy somebody",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I think she fancies me."
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships", "Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to think that you are very popular, attractive or intelligent",
"sensetop": "fancy yourself",
"labels": "(British English, informal, disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He started to chat to me and I could tell that he really fancied himself."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to like the idea of being something or to believe, often wrongly, that you are something",
"sensetop": "fancy yourself (as) somethingfancy yourself + adv./prep.",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She fancies herself (as) a serious actress.",
"contextForm": "fancy yourself (as) something"
},
{
"text": "He fancied himself in love with me, the silly boy.",
"contextForm": "fancy yourself + adv./prep."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "used to show that you are surprised or shocked by something",
"sensetop": "fancy doing somethingfancy something",
"labels": "(informal, becoming old-fashioned)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Fancy! She's never been in a plane before."
},
{
"text": "Fancy meeting you here!",
"contextForm": "fancy doing something"
},
{
"text": "‘She remembered my name after all those years.’ ‘**Fancy that!**’",
"contextForm": "fancy something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to think that somebody/something will win or be successful at something, especially in a race",
"sensetop": "fancy somebody/something",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Which horse do you fancy in the next race?"
},
{
"text": "He's hoping to get the job but I don't **fancy his chances**."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "to believe or imagine something",
"sensetop": "fancy (that)…",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She fancied (that) she could hear footsteps."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfænsi/",
"audio": "fa/fancy/fancy__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfænsiz/",
"audio": "fa/fancy/fancies__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfænsid/",
"audio": "fa/fancy/fancied__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfænsiɪŋ/",
"audio": "fa/fancy/fancying__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfænsi/",
"audio": "fa/fancy/fancy__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfænsiz/",
"audio": "fa/fancy/fancies__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfænsid/",
"audio": "fa/fancy/fancied__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfænsiɪŋ/",
"audio": "fa/fancy/fancying__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: contraction of fantasy."
}