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# fancied

verb past form of fancy (fancy, fancies, fancied, fancying); adjective (fancied)

«fancied» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. If you fancied something, you wanted or liked the idea of it (mainly UK): «I fancied a cup of tea». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fancied/#m1)
2. (informal, UK) If you fancied someone, you found them attractive and had a crush on them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fancied/#m2)
3. (old or formal) Fancied can mean imagined or believed, sometimes wrongly: «He fancied he heard a noise». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fancied/#m3)
4. In sport and racing, a fancied team or horse is one people think will win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fancied/#m4)

### In the lessons

In UK, Irish, Australian and New Zealand everyday speech, «fancy» is very common for wanting: «Fancy a game?». In playground talk, «he fancied her» means he had a crush. In older books, «she fancied herself a princess» means she imagined or thought she was. Phrases: «fancied a…», «fancied himself as», «the fancied team».

### Examples

- I fancied pizza for dinner, so we ordered one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fancied/#x1)
- She fancied a walk on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fancied/#x2)
- In Year 6 he fancied a girl in his class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fancied/#x3)
- The fancied team lost in the first round. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fancied/#x4)
- He fancied he saw a ghost on the stairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fancied/#x5)
- She fancied herself as a great singer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fancied/#x6)
- Did you fancy any of the cakes? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fancied/#x7)
- Suddenly he fancied he heard feet outside going pit-a-pat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fancied/#x8)

### Note

Spelling: fancy → fancied, fancies (y → i). «Fancy» also means decorated or posh (fancy dress, a fancy hotel). «Fancied himself» can mean he was proud or vain. American English says «I'd like» or «I feel like» more than «I fancy».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fancied» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fancied/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fancied» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fancied.html) on Mova free.