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- DictionaryVan·ish/ˈvaniSH/
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- 1. disappear suddenly and completely: "Mary vanished without a trace"
- 2. become zero.
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Definition of vanish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to go away or be impossible to find when people need or want you. See vanish in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: vanish. Definition of vanish verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English vanyshen, evaneschen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire (“to vanish, disappear, to fade out”), from Latin evanescere, from vanus (“empty”). Doublet of evanesce.
enPR: văn'ĭsh, IPA(key): /ˈvænɪʃ/Rhymes: -ænɪʃHyphenation: van‧ishvanish (third-person singular simple present vanishes, present participle vanishing, simple past and past participle vanished) 1. To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed. 1.1. 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Three. The Second of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Cha...
vanish (plural vanishes) 1. (phonetics) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part. 1.1. a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanishof i as in ill. 1.2. o as in old ordinarily ends with a vanishof oo as in foot. 1.1. 1827, James Rush, The Philosophy of the Human Voice: 1.1.1. The median s...
Definition of vanish – Learner’s Dictionary. vanish. verb [ I ] uk / ˈvænɪʃ / us. Add to word list. B2. to disappear suddenly: The sun vanished behind the trees. The report mysteriously vanished from the files. See also. disappear/vanish into thin air. (Definition of vanish from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
verb (used without object) to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out. Synonyms: evanesce. Antonyms: appear. 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:
Definitions of 'vanish'. 1. If someone or something vanishes, they disappear suddenly or in a way that cannot be explained. [...] 2. If something such as a species of animal or a tradition vanishes, it stops existing. [...] Conjugations of 'vanish'. present simple: I vanish, you vanish [...]
van•ish (van′ish), v.i. to disappear from sight, esp. quickly; become invisible:The frost vanished when the sun came out. to go away, esp. 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.
