different between decide vs fancy
decide
English
Etymology
From Middle English deciden, from Old French decider, from Latin d?c?dere, infinitive of d?c?d? (“cut off, decide”), from d? (“down from”) + caed? (“cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??sa?d/
Verb
decide (third-person singular simple present decides, present participle deciding, simple past and past participle decided)
- (transitive, intransitive) to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
- (intransitive) to make a judgment, especially after deliberation
- So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
- (transitive) to cause someone to come to a decision
- 1920, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Three Gables" (Norton edition, 2005, page 1537),
- It decides me to look into the matter, for if it is worth anyone's while to take so much trouble, there must be something in it.
- 1920, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Three Gables" (Norton edition, 2005, page 1537),
- (obsolete) to cut off; to separate
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State
- Our seat denies us traffic here; / The sea, too near, decides us from the rest.
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- make up one's mind
- choose
- determine
- pick
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- de-iced, deiced
Asturian
Verb
decide
- third-person singular present indicative of decidir
Esperanto
Etymology
From decidi +? -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?t?side/
- Rhymes: -ide
Adverb
decide
- decisively
- decidedly
Interlingua
Verb
decide
- present of decider
- imperative of decider
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ide
Verb
decide
- third-person singular present indicative of decidere
Anagrams
- decedi
Latin
Verb
d?c?de
- second-person singular present active imperative of d?c?d?
Middle English
Verb
decide
- Alternative form of deciden
Portuguese
Verb
decide
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of decidir
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of decidir
Romanian
Etymology
From French décider, from Latin d?c?d?.
Verb
a decide (third-person singular present decide, past participle decis) 3rd conj.
- to decide
- Synonym: hot?rî
Conjugation
Related terms
- decizie
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /de??ide/, [d?e??i.ð?e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /de?side/, [d?e?si.ð?e]
Verb
decide
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of decidir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of decidir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of decidir.
decide From the web:
- what decided the election of 1800
- what decides the winner of a presidential election
- what decides the gender of a baby
- what decides the sex of a baby
- what decides when easter is
- what decides stock price
- what decides electoral votes
- what decides your blood type
fancy
English
Alternative forms
- fant’sy, phancie, phancy, phansie, phansy, phant’sy (all obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fæn.si/
- Rhymes: -ænsi
Etymology 1
From Middle English fansy, fantsy, a contraction of fantasy, fantasye, fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Medieval Latin fantasia, from Late Latin phantasia (“an idea, notion, fancy, phantasm”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (phantasía), from ??????? (phantáz?, “to render visible”), from ?????? (phantós, “visible”), from ????? (phaín?, “to make visible”); from the same root as ??? (phôs, “light”). Doublet of fantasia, fantasy, phantasia, and phantasy.
Noun
fancy (plural fancies)
- The imagination.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 5, lines 100-103,[1]
- […] But know that in the soul
- Are many lesser faculties, that serve
- Reason as chief; among these Fancy next
- Her office holds […]
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, Locksley Hall
- In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish’d dove; / In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
- 1861, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, “A New Counterblast” in Atlantic Monthly, December 1861, p. 700,[2]
- Rustic females who habitually chew even pitch or spruce-gum are rendered thereby so repulsive that the fancy refuses to pursue the horror farther and imagine it tobacco […]
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 5, lines 100-103,[1]
- An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
- Synonyms: conception, thought, idea
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III, Scene 2,[3]
- How now, my lord! why do you keep alone,
- Of sorriest fancies your companions making,
- Using those thoughts which should indeed have died
- With them they think on?
- An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
- Synonym: impression
- 1650, John Bulwer, Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transform’d, 2nd edition, London, 1653, Epistle Dedicatory, pp. 2-3,[4]
- When you have well viewed the Scenes and Devillish shapes of this Practicall Metamorphosis, and scan’d them in your serious thoughts, you will wonder at their audacious phant’sies, who seeme to hold Specificall deformities, or that any part can seeme unhandsome in their Eyes, which hath appeared good and beautifull unto their Maker […]
- 1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 13th edition, London, 1764, §148, p. 222, [5]
- I have always had a Fancy, that Learning might be made a Play and Recreation to Children […]
- A whim.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:whim
- Love or amorous attachment.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:predilection
- The object of inclination or liking.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act I, Scene 1,[7]
- For you, fair Hermia, look you arm yourself
- To fit your fancies to your father’s will;
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act I, Scene 1,[7]
- Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
- Synonyms: hobby; see also Thesaurus:hobby
- The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fan
- 1830, Thomas De Quincey, “Review of Life of Richard Bentley, D.D. by J.H. Monk, D.D.” in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 28, No. 171, September 1830, p. 446, footnote,[8]
- […] at a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the Fancy, on a copy occurring, not one of the company but ourself knew what the mystical title-page meant.
- A diamond with a distinctive colour.
- That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
- 18th century, John Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving Land, cited in Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, 1755,[9]
- London-pride is a pretty fancy, and does well for borders.
- 18th century, John Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving Land, cited in Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, 1755,[9]
- A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing.
- a French fancy; a fondant fancy; cream fancies
- (obsolete) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act III, Scene 2,[10]
- [He] sung those tunes to the overscutch’d huswifes that he heard the carmen whistle, and sware they were his fancies or his good-nights.
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act III, Scene 2,[10]
- In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
- 1970, Marta Weigle, Follow my fancy: the book of jacks and jack games (page 22)
- When you have mastered plainsies, the regular jack game, and have learned all the rules, you will be ready to use this part of the book. A fancy is a variation of plainsies which usually requires more skill than plainsies does.
- 2002, Elizabeth Dana Jaffe, Sherry L. Field, Linda D. Labbo, Jacks (page 26)
- When you get good at jacks, try adding a fancy. A fancy is an extra round at the end of a game. It makes the game a little harder. Jack Be Nimble, Around the World, or Black Widow are some fancies.
- 1970, Marta Weigle, Follow my fancy: the book of jacks and jack games (page 22)
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
fancy (comparative fancier, superlative fanciest)
- Decorative.
- Synonyms: decorative, ornate
- Antonyms: plain, simple
- Of a superior grade.
- Synonym: high-end
- Executed with skill.
- (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.
- Synonym: highfalutin
- Antonym: simple
- (obsolete) Extravagant; above real value.
Derived terms
- fancy man
Translations
Descendants
- ? German: fancy
- ? Norwegian Bokmål: fancy
- ? Norwegian Nynorsk: fancy
Adverb
fancy (not comparable)
- (nonstandard) In a fancy manner; fancily.
Etymology 2
From Middle English fancien, fantasien, fantesien, from Old French fantasier, from the noun (see above)).
Verb
fancy (third-person singular simple present fancies, present participle fancying, simple past and past participle fancied)
- (formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
- (Britain) would like
- Synonym: feel like
- (Britain, informal) To be sexually attracted to.
- Synonym: (US) like
- (dated) To imagine, suppose.
- If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know.
- 1857-1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians
- He fancied he was welcome, because those around him were his kinsmen.
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
- I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable.
- To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
- Synonym: imagine
- he whom I fancy, but can ne'er express
- To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
- (transitive) To breed (animals) as a hobby.
- 1973, American Pigeon Journal (page 159)
- I would recommend this little book very highly to anyone who fancies pigeons, novices and veterans alike.
- 1973, American Pigeon Journal (page 159)
Derived terms
- fancy man
- fancy one's chances
- fancy that
Translations
See also
- fantasy
- fancy man
- fancypants
- fancy woman
References
Further reading
- Fancy in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English fancy. Doublet of Fantasie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fænsi/
Adjective
fancy (not comparable)
- (colloquial, fashion) fancy
Declension
Further reading
- “fancy” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English fancy.
Adjective
fancy (indeclinable)
- fancy
References
- “fancy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English fancy.
Adjective
fancy (indeclinable)
- fancy
References
- “fancy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
fancy From the web:
- what fancy means
- what fancy restaurants are open
- what fancy feast and meow mix
- what fancy restaurants are near me
- what does fancy mean
- definition fancy
you may also like
- decide vs fancy
- unreal vs false
- impassive vs unemotional
- estimation vs mark
- tempt vs wheedle
- precipitate vs accelerated
- chaff vs needle
- represent vs feature
- unpredictable vs peculiar
- convenience vs appurtenance
- striking vs charming
- kindred vs line
- pains vs examination
- shelf vs bulge
- scanty vs insubstantial
- conscientious vs strict
- spirit vs curse
- lurch vs quiver
- dowager vs mistress
- inordinate vs unrestrained