fantasy football

fan·ta·sy foot·ball

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fan-tuh-see, -zee foo t-bawl]
- /ˈfæn tə si, -zi ˈfʊtˌbɔl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fan-tuh-see, -zee foo t-bawl]
- /ˈfæn tə si, -zi ˈfʊtˌbɔl/

Definitions of fantasy football words

noun plural fantasy football imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained. 1
noun plural fantasy football the forming of mental images, especially wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing. 1
noun plural fantasy football a mental image, especially when unreal or fantastic; vision: a nightmare fantasy. 1
noun plural fantasy football Psychology. an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling a psychological need; daydream. 1
noun plural fantasy football a hallucination. 1
noun plural fantasy football a supposition based on no solid foundation; visionary idea; illusion: dreams of Utopias and similar fantasies. 1

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Origin of fantasy football

First appearance:

before 1275

One of the 13% oldest English words

1275-1325; Middle English fantasie imaginative faculty, mental image (< Anglo-French, Old French) < Latin phantasia < Greek phantasía an idea, notion, image, literally, a making visible; see fantastic, -y3

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Parts of speech for Fantasy football

noun

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fantasy football popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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