fantasize
verb
fan·ta·size
ˈfan-tə-ˌsīz 
fantasized; fantasizing
: to indulge in reverie : to create or develop imaginative and often fantastic views or ideas
doing things I'd fantasized about in my sheltered childhood—
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: to portray in the mind : fancy
likes to fantasize herself as very wealthy
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Examples of fantasize in a Sentence
She fantasized that she had won a million dollars.
all those lottery players fantasizing themselves as living in extravagant luxury
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Whether monologuing into a puddle of muddy water or idly fantasizing about eating Samwise Gamgee for dinner, his Gollum is vividly alive at all times; in the decade’s most sweeping epic, this wretched creature becomes the true battlefield on which the war for humanity’s soul is fought.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
But that hasn't stopped people from fantasizing about it.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
Is there a traveler in this world who doesn’t fantasize about the city’s grand boulevards, twinkling lights, bustling bistros, and, yes, fabulous hotels?
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
Memes of Vance fantasizing about living-room furnishings flooded the internet.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
But that hasn't stopped people from fantasizing about it.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
Is there a traveler in this world who doesn’t fantasize about the city’s grand boulevards, twinkling lights, bustling bistros, and, yes, fabulous hotels?
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
Memes of Vance fantasizing about living-room furnishings flooded the internet.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
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fantasize
verb
fan·ta·size
variants
or British fantasise
fantasized or British fantasised; fantasizing or British fantasising
: to portray in the mind by fantasy
likes to fantasize herself as very famous
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