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- Dictionarydis·ap·pear·ance/ˌdisəˈpirəns/
noun
- 1. an instance or fact of someone or something ceasing to be visible: "the sun's disappearance at night" Similar Opposite
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the fact of someone or something disappearing: A man was being questioned in connection with her disappearance. Fewer examples. An investigation has been under way for several days into the disappearance of a 13-year-old boy. Her disappearance was reported to the police department's Missing Persons Bureau.
1. : to pass from view. The moon disappeared behind a cloud. 2. : to cease to be : pass out of existence or notice. dinosaurs disappeared from the earth. My keys seem to have disappeared again. transitive verb. : to cause (someone or something) to disappear: a.
If you refer to someone's disappearance, you are referring to the fact that nobody knows where they have gone.
A disappearance occurs when something vanishes from sight. The disappearance of the stars behind the clouds makes it a bad night for watching a meteor shower.
the fact of someone or something disappearing: A man was being questioned in connection with her disappearance. Fewer examples. An investigation has been under way for several days into the disappearance of a 13-year-old boy. Her disappearance was reported to the police department's Missing Persons Bureau.
The earliest known use of the noun disappearance is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for disappearance is from 1625, in a translation by William Lisle, translator and Anglo-Saxon scholar.
noun. /ˌdɪsəˈpɪərəns/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɪrəns/ [uncountable, countable] disappearance (of somebody/something) (from something) the fact of being lost or impossible to find. Police are investigating the disappearance of a young woman. a series of mysterious disappearances. Take your English to the next level.
