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• “decorative or ornamented“
• “fancy handwriting“
• “fancy clothes“

• “conceive of“
• “see in one’s mind“
• “I can’t see him on horseback!“
• “I can see what will happen“
• “I can see a risk in this strategy“

Synonyms

• visualize imagine; view the outline of by means of an X-ray; form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract; make visible
• visualise view the outline of by means of an X-ray; form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract; imagine; make visible
• envision imagine; picture to oneself
• project any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; a planned undertaking ; communicate vividly; extend out or project in space; transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another ; project on a screen; cause to be heard; draw a projection of ; make or work out a plan for; present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; imagine; put or send forth; throw, send, or cast forward; regard as objective
• see the seat within a bishop’s diocese where his cathedral is located ; perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; perceive or be contemporaneous with; imagine; deem to be; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; see or watch; come together; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; be careful or certain to do something; go to see for professional or business reasons; go to see for a social visit; go to see a place, as for entertainment; take charge of or deal with; receive as a specified guest; date regularly; see and understand, have a good eye; deliberate or decide; observe as if with an eye; observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; undergo or live through a difficult experience; accompany or escort; match or meet; make sense of
• figure judge to be probable ; be or play a part of or in; imagine; make a mathematical calculation or computation ; understand; a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; alternative names for the body of a human being; one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); a well-known or notable person; a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape ; an amount of money expressed numerically; the impression produced by a person; the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense ; a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground ; a decorative or artistic work; a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
• picture imagine; show in, or as in, a picture; a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; a clear and telling mental image; a situation treated as an observable object; illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; the visible part of a television transmission; a graphic or vivid verbal description; a typical example of some state or quality; a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
• image render visible, as by means of MRI ; imagine; an iconic mental representation; (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; a standard or typical example; language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense ; someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined; the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public; a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)

• “She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler’s window“

Synonyms

• go for be pertinent or relevant or applicable; give an affirmative reply to; intend with some possibility of fulfilment; have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; make an attempt at achieving something
• take to have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; develop a habit

• “they have the illusion that I am very wealthy“

Synonyms

• illusion an erroneous mental representation ; something many people believe that is false; the act of deluding; an illusory feat
• fantasy indulge in fantasies; imagination unrestricted by reality; fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; something many people believe that is false
• phantasy something many people believe that is false; fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; imagination unrestricted by reality

• “held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination“
• “never had the wildest flights of fancy imagined such magnificence“

• “he had a fondness for whiskey“
• “ she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less“

Synonyms

• fondness a predisposition to like something; a positive feeling of liking; a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
• partiality a predisposition to like something; an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives