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disappearance

noun
/dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/UK

Etymology

From disappear + -ance.

  1. inherited from disapeeren
  2. suffixed as disappearance — “disappear + -ance”

Definitions

  1. The action of disappearing or vanishing.

    • Wireless phone technology led to the disappearance of once-common coiled cords for telephone handsets.
    • As hundreds of volunteers and police scoured parks and waterways in an area of New Orleans Tuesday, there were many questions but few answers about the disappearance 11 days ago of a 26-year-old teacher.

  2. Passing out of sight.

    • From the shore, they watched the disappearance of the ships' masts into the haze.

  3. Leaving secretly of without explanation

    • The prosecuting attorney was concerned about the potential disappearance of witnesses.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Cessation of existence.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for disappearance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA