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fantastic

[fan-tas-tik]

adjective

  1. extraordinarily good; excellent.

    a fantastic restaurant.

  2. Also fantastical

    1. conceived or appearing as if conceived by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque.

      The most fantastic rock formations are visible from the high plateau of the park’s rim trail.

      Artists rendered fantastic designs in the margin of the manuscript.

    2. fanciful or capricious, as persons or their ideas or actions.

      We never know what that fantastic creature will say next.

    3. imaginary or groundless in not being based on reality; foolish or irrational.

      You can’t let these fantastic fears of yours control your life.

    4. extravagantly fanciful; marvelous.

      The scenery and lighting they created for the dream sequences are truly fantastic!

    5. incredibly great or extreme; exorbitant.

      The rich are spending fantastic sums of money, even in this economy.

    6. highly unrealistic or impractical.

      They hatched a fantastic scheme to make a million dollars betting on horse races.



fantastic

/ æˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. strange, weird, or fanciful in appearance, conception, etc

  2. created in the mind; illusory

  3. extravagantly fanciful; unrealistic

    fantastic plans

  4. incredible or preposterous; absurd

    a fantastic verdict

  5. informalvery large or extreme; great

    a fantastic fortune

    he suffered fantastic pain

  6. informalvery good; excellent

  7. of, given to, or characterized by fantasy

  8. not constant; capricious; fitful

    given to fantastic moods

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. archaica person who dresses or behaves eccentrically

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • fantastically adverb
  • fantasticalness noun
  • fantasticality noun
  • superfantastic adjective
  • superfantastically adverb
  • unfantastic adjective
  • unfantastically adverb
  • ˌڲԳٲپˈٲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fantastic1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English fantastik “pertaining to the imaginative faculty,” from Medieval Latin fantasticus, variant of Late Latin phantasticus, from Greek 󲹲Գٲپó “able to present the appearence (of something),” derivative of 󲹲Գá𾱲 “to make present to the eye or mind” (akin to ó “light, bright,” íԱ𾱲 “to bring to light, cause to appear”) + -tikos -tic
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fantastic1

C14 fantastik imaginary, via Late Latin from Greek phantastikos capable of imagining, from phantazein to make visible
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"Charlie was not only a fantastic footballer but, more importantly, a truly remarkable person," it said in a statement.

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Speaking to BBC Sport from Miami before the Club World Cup's opening match, DAZN's emerging markets chief executive Pete Oliver defended the investment in what he calls "a fantastic competition", insisting it made commercial sense.

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There are fantastic clips of Walters at work on camera and off.

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Shelagh McKinlay, from the charity Myeloma UK, said the approval would "transform the lives of thousands" and it was "fantastic to see the UK at the forefront of myeloma treatment".

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"It's fantastic. It's very good. The smell of milk is coming over is nice. It's fluffy. It's refreshing... Reminds me of some kind of snack when I was younger that I was bringing to school."

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