Dictionary

disappearance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From disappear + -ance.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The action of disappearing or vanishing.
   • 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. 2013 March 12, Vivian Kuo, “No answers in disappearance of New Orleans teacher”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2018:
   • Wireless phone technology led to the disappearance of once-common coiled cords for telephone handsets.
2. (countable, uncountable) Passing out of sight.
   • From the shore, they watched the disappearance of the ships' masts into the haze.
3. (countable, uncountable) Leaving secretly of without explanation
   • The prosecuting attorney was concerned about the potential disappearance of witnesses.
4. (countable, uncountable) Cessation of existence.
   • 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. 1898, William B. Coley, “The Treatment of Inoperable Sarcoma with the Mixed Toxins of Erysipelas and Bacillus Prodigiosus”, in Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 31, American Medical Association, page 464:

Forms

Deriveds

redisappearance · forced disappearance

Translations (51)

it scomparsa (action of disappearing or vanishing) · oc desaparicion (action of disappearing or vanishing) · uk пропа́жа (action of disappearing or vanishing) · izh hävviimiin (action of disappearing or vanishing) · uk зни́кнення (action of disappearing or vanishing) · es desaparición (action of disappearing or vanishing) · txb nautalñe (action of disappearing or vanishing) · pl zniknięcie (action of disappearing or vanishing) · mi ngaromanga (action of disappearing or vanishing) · mi numanga (action of disappearing or vanishing) · txb spärkālñe (action of disappearing or vanishing) · ru пропа́жа (action of disappearing or vanishing) · gu અંતર્ધાન (action of disappearing or vanishing) · he הֵעָלְמוּת (action of disappearing or vanishing) · pt sumiço (action of disappearing or vanishing) · nl verdwijning (action of disappearing or vanishing) · fr disparition (action of disappearing or vanishing) · sk zmiznutie (action of disappearing or vanishing) · ru исчезнове́ние (action of disappearing or vanishing) · sv försvinnande (action of disappearing or vanishing) · ja 消失 (action of disappearing or vanishing) · ko 소실 (action of disappearing or vanishing) · de Verschwinden (action of disappearing or vanishing) · be знікне́нне (action of disappearing or vanishing) · ro dispariție (action of disappearing or vanishing) · ca desaparició (action of disappearing or vanishing) · sh nèstanak (action of disappearing or vanishing) · eo malapero (action of disappearing or vanishing) · hy անհետացում (action of disappearing or vanishing) · fi katoaminen (action of disappearing or vanishing) · gl desaparición (action of disappearing or vanishing) · cmn 失蹤 /失踪 (action of disappearing or vanishing) · la abitus (action of disappearing or vanishing) · ar اِخْتِفَاء (action of disappearing or vanishing) · mk исчезнување (action of disappearing or vanishing) · grc ἀφανισμός (action of disappearing or vanishing) · bg изче́зване (action of disappearing or vanishing) · nb forsvinning (action of disappearing or vanishing) · he היעלמות (action of disappearing or vanishing) · da forsvinding (action of disappearing or vanishing) · cmn 消失 (action of disappearing or vanishing) · sl izginotje (action of disappearing or vanishing) · it sparizione (action of disappearing or vanishing) · sh нѐстанак (action of disappearing or vanishing) · el εξαφάνιση (action of disappearing or vanishing) · hu eltűnés (action of disappearing or vanishing) · la fuga (action of disappearing or vanishing) · cs zmizení (action of disappearing or vanishing) · be прапа́жа (action of disappearing or vanishing) · pt desaparição (action of disappearing or vanishing) · pt desaparecimento (action of disappearing or vanishing)