Kilo Lingo

/ˈvæn.ɪʃ/

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Translation

To disappear suddenly and completely, so nothing is left to see.

Word origin

From Old French esvanir, from Latin evanescere, to fade away into nothing.

Origin
Latin
Root
evanescere
English cognates
evanescent

Grammar

Verb typeregular (vanish, vanishes, vanished)

Examples

magician .

"Vanish" means disappear in a sudden, complete way.

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A common everyday use; they are gone and cannot be found.

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Something vanishes "into" the thing that hides it.

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This word is part of lesson 55.