/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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