stargazing

verb

Definition of stargazingnext
present participle of stargaze
as in daydreaming

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  1. dreaming
  2. fantasizing
  3. visualizing
  4. envisioning
  5. imaging
  6. fancying
Verb
  • Is an Indian dreaming about the same thing as a guy from Brazil or Nigeria or someone in Southeast Asia?
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Connington has spent years dreaming about a field where England’s best players have performed.
    — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of dreaming
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  • Massi is the first to leave, fantasizing about walking off with Joy; then Kat.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
  • There’s a major sequence in the film — some of which is in the trailer — where Lowen is pleasuring herself and fantasizing about having sex with Jeremy but then the fantasy switches to Verity, and Anne and Dakota kiss.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of fantasizing
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  • His mind ran the perimeter of the room, visualizing the window, door, walls, and photos.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Children who learn visually may have a strong sense of spatial awareness and tend to be good at visualizing information or concepts.
    — Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of visualizing
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  • The professor, who is based at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, first presented plans for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in 1988, envisioning a vast network of sensors in Antarctic ice that could capture neutrinos.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In the long term, the startup is envisioning a global network of O-factories that would bring manufacturing closer to the major markets of fashion brands.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of envisioning
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  • Then be sure to read our guide to imaging meteor showers, along with our selections of the best cameras and lenses for astrophotography available in 2026.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The imaging agent finishes its analysis without telling the assessment agent it’s done.
    — Jakob Freund, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of imaging
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  • At the lower end of the survey’s spectrum and considerably more balanced sits marijuana regulation, with only 31% of respondents considering the topic to be important for people to understand, and 23% of respondents fancying themselves as highly informed on the matter.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 7 June 2026
  • And there was a smattering of other items, which the visitor, fancying himself an amateur academic archeologist, thought worth noting.
    — Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Definition of fancying
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“Stargazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stargazing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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