{
    "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."
}