noun
- Something many people believe that is false.
- usage: "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
- A kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination.
- A predisposition to like something.
- usage: "he had a fondness for whiskey"
- synonyms: fondness, partiality
verb
- Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.
- usage: "I can't see him on horseback"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
- Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for.
- usage: "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
adjective
- Not plain; decorative or ornamented.
- usage: "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
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