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verb [transitive] American English pronunciation: fancy /ˈfænsi/ 
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present tense
I/you/we/theyfancy
he/she/itfancies
present participlefancying
past tensefancied
past participlefancied
  1. 1
    literary to believe or imagine that something is true

    He sometimes fancied that he heard strange sounds.

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  2. 2
    British informal to want to have or do something

    What do you fancy for your lunch?

    I quite fancy the idea of lazing around.

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