fancy
fan
ˈfÃĻn
fān
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si
si
/fˈÃĻnsi/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "fancy"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞāĻŋāϤ

elaborate or sophisticated in style, often designed to impress
fancy definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He lived in a fancy penthouse apartment with stunning views of the city skyline.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļā§āϚāĻ°ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āϏāĻš āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏāĻŦāĻšā§āϞ āĻĒ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻšāĻžāωāϏ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏāĻŦāĻšā§āϞ, āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ

(of food) having high quality
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He treated himself to a fancy dinner at a five-star restaurant.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻž āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖā§€, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāϞ

(of flowers) having two or more distinct colors or patterns
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She planted a variety of fancy begonias with vibrant, multicolored petals.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ, āĻŦāĻšā§āϰāĻ™āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϏāĻš āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϧāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§‹āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϰ⧋āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to like or want someone or something
Transitive: to fancy sth | to fancy doing sth
to fancy definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I do n't fancy the idea of working late on a Friday.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to picture or imagine something in one's mind
Transitive: to fancy sth | to fancy doing sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I ca n’t fancy living in a big city.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āϧāϰāĻž

to believe that a contestant has a good chance of winning
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Ditransitive: to fancy a contestant to do sth
Transitive: to fancy a contestant or their chances
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I do n’t fancy the chances of the underdog team in this competition.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰāĻĄāĻ— āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āϏ⧇ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤, āϏ⧇ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āφāĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤

to feel attracted to someone in a romantic or sexual way
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to fancy sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I do n't think she fancies him, even though he likes her.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ fancy āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧋āϰāĻŽ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž

the faculty or power of the imagination, often involving whimsical or creative thoughts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His fancy led him to dream of exploring distant planets.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•ā§āώāĻž

a strong desire or longing for something or someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His fancy for adventure led him to take risks others would n’t.
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāϭ⧇āĻžā§āϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ, āĻŽāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋ

a liking or attraction formed impulsively or without reason
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He developed a fancy for exotic foods after traveling abroad.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļā§€ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āϛ⧋āϟ āϕ⧇āĻ•, āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύ

a small, decorative cake, often with icing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bakery offered a variety of flavored fancies for the event.
āĻŦ⧇āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϧāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āϛ⧋āϟ āϕ⧇āĻ• āĻ…āĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
to fancy oneself
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to have an excessive or exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities, attractiveness, importance, or value

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She fancies herself as the best singer in the group.
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