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fantasia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fancy verb British informal: to want or feel attracted to something or someone.
  • fantasia noun A free-form musical piece that doesn't follow strict structure, often blending familiar melodies.
  • fantasy noun An imagined scenario, especially a pleasant or unrealistic one.
  • imagination noun The mental ability to form new ideas, images, or concepts not currently perceived by the senses.
  • whim noun A sudden, playful, or impulsive idea or desire, with little or no real reason behind it.

Senses

fantasia is used for these senses in English:

  • fancy An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
  • fancy A whim.
  • fantasia (music, also, figurative) A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces. [from early 18th c.]
  • fantasy That which comes from one's imagination.
  • fantasy (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
  • imagination The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
  • whim A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.

fancy — full definition

  1. verb British informal: to want or feel attracted to something or someone.
  2. adjective Elaborate, decorative, or of a superior grade.
  3. noun A sudden liking, whim, or the imagination itself.

fantasia — full definition

  1. noun A free-form musical piece that doesn't follow strict structure, often blending familiar melodies.
  2. noun Any imaginative work that mixes styles or ignores conventional structure.

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