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vanish
[ van-ish ]
verb (used without object)
- to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible:
The frost vanished when the sun came out.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- to go away, especially furtively or mysteriously; disappear by quick departure:
The thief vanished in the night.
- to disappear by ceasing to exist; come to an end:
The pain vanished after he took an aspirin.
- Mathematics. (of a number, quantity, or function) to become zero.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to disappear.
noun
- Phonetics. the last part of a vowel sound when it differs noticeably in quality from the main sound, as the faint (ē) at the end of the (ā) in the pronunciation of pain.
vanish
/ ˈæɪʃ /
verb
- to disappear, esp suddenly or mysteriously
- to cease to exist; fade away
- maths to become zero
noun
- rare.phonetics the second and weaker of the two vowels in a falling diphthong
Derived Forms
- ˈԾԲ, adverb
- ˈԾ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- i· noun
- i·Բ· adverb
- i·Գ noun
- ԴDz·i·Բ adjective
- dzܳvi verb (used with object)
- ܲ·i·Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of vanish1
Idioms and Phrases
see under into thin air .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Piles of abandoned shoes, backpacks and clothing became vivid symbols of Mexico’s crisis of the disappeared, now officially numbering more than 120,000 vanished individuals, most presumed victims of organized crime.
One rainy night, Brinkley woke up in the early morning hours to discover her husband had vanished.
Their lead quickly vanished, and they went into halftime with a 61-58 deficit.
The smile that never seems to leave Mara’s face vanished when it came to his departure from a place that he loved.
Like everything else in the house, it was a total loss, but it hadn’t yet vanished.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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