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vanish

[ van-ish ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible:

    The frost vanished when the sun came out.

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  2. to go away, especially furtively or mysteriously; disappear by quick departure:

    The thief vanished in the night.

  3. to disappear by ceasing to exist; come to an end:

    The pain vanished after he took an aspirin.

  4. Mathematics. (of a number, quantity, or function) to become zero.


verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to disappear.

noun

  1. 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

  1. to disappear, esp suddenly or mysteriously
  2. to cease to exist; fade away
  3. maths to become zero
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. rare.
    phonetics the second and weaker of the two vowels in a falling diphthong
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vanish1

1275–1325; Middle English vanisshen, vanissen < Middle French evaniss-, long stem of e ( s ) vanir Latin ex- ex- 1 + ŧ to pass away, equivalent to ( us ) vain + inchoative suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vanish1

C14: vanissen, from Old French esvanir, from Latin ēŧ to evaporate, from ŧ- ex- 1+ ŧ to pass away, from us empty
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Idioms and Phrases

see under into thin air .
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Example Sentences

Gas prices would go up and American jobs dedicated to refining that oil and exporting it would vanish.

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At least nine have vanished in the last two years alone.

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Hundreds of people joined police, sniffer dogs and the military in a search the following day, but the toddler appeared to have vanished into thin air.

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Shorter might have been the state’s star witness had he not vanished soon after.

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The Sim had been in use until it vanished from the network shortly before Allen was shot.

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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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