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Meaning of disappearance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns

Definitions

  1. The action of disappearing or vanishing
  2. The action of disappearing or vanishing.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Passing out of sight
  4. To cause (someone) to disappear, especially by kidnapping or murder.
  5. Passing out of sight.
    countable, uncountable
  6. Leaving secretly of without explanation
  7. the act or an instance of disappearing; a ceasing to be seen or to exist.
  8. Cessation of existence
  9. The act or an example of passing out of sight:evanescence, evaporation, fade-out, vanishment.
  10. Cessation of existence.
    countable, uncountable
  11. verdwyning, wegraak إخْتِفاء изчезване desaparecimento (z)mizení das Verschwinden forsvinden εξαφάνισηdesaparición kadumine ناپدید شدگی؛ نابودی katoaminen disparitionהיעלמות ओझल isčeznuće, nestanak eltűnés hilang hvarf scomparsa 失そうする 사라짐 išnykimas, dingimas pazušana; nozušana; izzušana kehilangan verdwijningforsvinningzniknięcie له نظره پټېدل يا غا يبېدل desaparecimento dispariţie исчезновение zmiznutie izginotje nestanak försvinnande การหายไป ortadan kaybolma, yok olma 消失 зникнення گمشدگی s...
  12. To pass out of sight; vanish: The moon disappeared behind the clouds.
  13. To cease to be seen; be missing or unfound: Her purse disappeared from her locker. The plane disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.
  14. To cease to exist: Dinosaurs disappeared at the end of the Cretaceous Period.
  15. vanishing, going, passing, disappearing, fading, melting, eclipse, evaporation, evanescence the gradual disappearance of the pain
  16. flight, departure, desertion, disappearing trick his disappearance while out on bail
  17. loss, losing, theft, mislaying Police are investigating the disappearance of confidential files.

Equivalents

Беларуская знікне́нне
Български изчезване
Bosanski fuga
Català desaparició
Čeština zmizení
Deutsch Verschwinden
Ελληνικά εξαφάνιση
Esperanto malapero
Español desaparición
Suomi katoaminen
Français disparition
Galego desaparición
ગુજરાતી અંતર્ધાન
עברית היעלמות
Hrvatski fuga
Հայերեն անհետացում
日本語 消失
한국어 소실
Latina abitus fuga
Македонски исчезнување
Nederlands verdwijning
Polski zniknięcie
Română dispariție
Српски fuga
Svenska försvinnande
Українська зни́кнення

Examples

“Wireless phone technology led to the disappearance of once-common coiled cords for telephone handsets.”
“From the shore, they watched the disappearance of the ships' masts into the haze.”
“The prosecuting attorney was concerned about the potential disappearance of witnesses.”
“A single undoubted cure of a demonstrated cancer or sarcoma by this treatment would be enough to say definitely that the treatment exerts some specifically curative influence, for the spontaneous disappearance of undoubtedly malignant growths of this character is almost unknown.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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