fantastic

fantastic
fan|tas|tic
S3 [fænˈtæstık] adj
[Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: fantastique, from Greek phantastikos, from phantasia; FANTASY]
1.) extremely good, attractive, enjoyable etc
You look fantastic!
It's a fantastic place, really beautiful!
2.) spoken used when someone has just told you something good
= ↑excellent, wonderful ↑wonderful
'I've passed my driving test.' 'Fantastic!'
That's fantastic news!
3.) a fantastic amount is extremely large
= ↑huge
Kids spend fantastic amounts of money on CDs.
4.) a fantastic plan, suggestion etc is not likely to be possible
a fantastic scheme
5.) [only before noun]
a fantastic story, creature, or place is imaginary and is very strange and magical
fantastic tales of dragons and fairy queens
>fantastically [-kli] adv

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