fantasy

Everyday

1. Fantasy is a kind of story or film with magic, dragons, wizards or imaginary worlds. tree →
2. A fantasy is something pleasant you imagine or daydream about, which is not likely to really happen. tree →
3. Fantasy is imagination itself, or something that is not real. tree →
4. Fantasy football (or another sport) is a game where you pick an imaginary team of real players and score points from their real results. tree →

In the lessons

In English lessons, fantasy is a genre: The Hobbit, Harry Potter and Narnia are fantasy books. In everyday life, «it's just a fantasy» means it is only a dream. Many families play fantasy football or fantasy league. Common phrases: «fantasy world», «fantasy novel», «live in a fantasy world», «fantasy football», «a childhood fantasy», «fact or fantasy».

Examples

• I love reading fantasy books full of dragons. tree →
• The Lord of the Rings is a famous fantasy story. tree →
• Winning the lottery is just a fantasy for most people. tree →
• My fantasy is to live in a treehouse. tree →
• He lives in a fantasy world and forgets his homework. tree →
• Dad is top of his fantasy football league. tree →
• Is the story fact or fantasy? tree →
• We wrote a fantasy tale about a talking fox. tree →

Note

Plural: fantasies. The adjectives are «fantastic» (wonderful, or very strange) and «fantastical» (strange and imaginary). Fantasy is different from science fiction: fantasy uses magic, science fiction uses imagined science and technology.