vanishvan‧ish /ˈvænɪʃ/ ●●○ verb [intransitive] 
My keys were here a minute ago but now they’ve vanished.vanish without (a) trace/vanish off the face of the earth (=disappear so that no sign remains) The youngster vanished without a trace one day and has never been found. The bird vanished from sight. She seemed to have just vanished into thin air (=suddenly disappeared in a very mysterious way).► see thesaurus at disappear2to suddenly stop existing SYN disappearvanish from By the 1930s, the wolf had vanished from the American West. Public support for the prime minister has now vanished.
WORD ORIGINvanish
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French evanir, from Vulgar Latin exvanire, from Latin evanescere; ➔ EVANESCENTVERB TABLE
vanish
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | vanish |
| he, she, it | vanishes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | vanished |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have vanished |
| he, she, it | has vanished | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had vanished |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will vanish |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have vanished |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am vanishing |
| he, she, it | is vanishing | |
| you, we, they | are vanishing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was vanishing |
| you, we, they | were vanishing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been vanishing |
| he, she, it | has been vanishing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been vanishing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be vanishing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been vanishing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- All hopes of finding the boy alive have vanished.
- Before she could scream, the man had vanished into the night.
- Like so many dance crazes, the "moonwalk' was popular for a while in the clubs, then vanished without a trace.
- Smith vanished from Heathrow Airport in 1969 and is believed to be living in Florida.
- Statistics show that Santa Clara's farmland is vanishing.
- The company that supplied the missing cargo seems to have vanished into thin air.
- The last of the police cars sped past and vanished into the storm.
- The plane vanished from radar screens soon after taking off.
- The Shatin rice fields have long vanished beneath a new town of skyscrapers and motorways.
- The snow flakes vanished as they touched the ground.
- When she returned, her car had vanished.
- Once it began it would go on for days, and then as inexplicably vanish.
- The pain in his arm and neck had vanished.
- Within a few seconds it flew on again, vanishing from sight and hearing.
THESAURUS
if something disappears, you cannot see it any longer, or it does not exist any longer: · The sun slowly disappeared over the horizon.· Millions of people saw their savings disappear.· 16% of the forest cover has disappeared during the last 100 years.
to completely disappear, especially suddenly: · The boat vanished without trace off the coast of Australia.· All hopes of finding the boy alive have vanished.· The fields have vanished beneath a new town of skyscrapers and motorways.
to stop existing – used about something bad such as a pain or a problem: · I wish this headache would go away.· I’m afraid the problem won’t just go away.
to gradually become less clear, strong, or bright, and finally disappear: · Her voice began to fade away.· His anger slowly faded away.· The last rays of the evening sun were fading away.
especially literary to disappear, especially gradually – used about feelings or groups of people: · The crowd began to melt away.· His initial excitement had melted away.
to stop existing after gradually becoming more and more rare – used about a type of animal or plant, a disease, or a custom: · Wolves had died out in much of Europe.· Many of the old childhood diseases have almost died out.
if a type of animal or plant becomes extinct, it stops existing: · Dinosaurs became extinct millions of years ago.· If nothing is done to save the whales, they will soon become extinct.
Longman Language Activatorto stop existing if something disappears , it stops existing, and cannot be seen any more: · Thousands of square miles of rainforest are disappearing each year.· The dolphin has just about disappeared from the coasts of Britain.· Once you start drinking too heavily, the beneficial effects of alcohol disappear.
to stop existing, especially because of a sudden or quick process: · All hopes of finding the boy alive have vanished.· The Shatin rice fields have long vanished beneath a new town of skyscrapers and motorways.vanish without a trace (=so that nothing remains): · Like so many dance crazes, the "moonwalk' was popular for a while in the clubs, then vanished without a trace.
if a type of animal or plant becomes extinct , all the animals or plants of that type die, so that the type does not exist any more: · Dinosaurs became extinct millions of years ago.· If nothing is done to save the whales now, the species will soon become extinct.
when all the animals or plants of a particular type die, so that the type no longer exists: · The Scarlet Macaw is in imminent danger of extinction.face/be threatened with extinction (=likely to soon become extinct): · Out of 329 parrot species, 30 now face extinction.· Large numbers of rare and beautiful Alpine plants are threatened with extinction. save something from extinction: · attempts to save the elephant from extinction
to gradually become rarer and then stop existing - use this about a type of animal or plant, a disease, or a custom: · Diseases such as leprosy and polio have almost completely died out.· The country is changing very quickly and many of the old traditions are dying out.· The nearest common ancestor of man and the modern great apes died out about 30 million years ago.
to stop existing: · The town which Joyce wrote about has long since ceased to exist.· As of 1991, the Russian Communist Party effectively ceased to exist.
to become impossible to see if someone or something disappears , you cannot see them any more: disappear behind/under/into/over etc: · The sun disappeared behind a cloud.· She watched the boat sail out to sea until it disappeared over the horizon.disappear from view/sight: · Sheila's car turned the corner and disappeared from view.
if someone or something vanishes , you suddenly cannot see them any more - used especially when this is unexpected or strange: · The snowflakes vanished as they touched the ground.vanish into/behind/under etc: · The last of the police cars sped past and vanished into the storm.vanish from: · The plane vanished from radar screens soon after taking off.
if something or someone goes out of sight , they gradually move away from you until you cannot see them any more: · Just as she went out of sight, he remembered he hadn't given her his number.· The yacht sailed away into the distance and out of sight.· We watched his car as it rounded the bend and sped off out of sight.
if a mark or light fades away , it slowly becomes less clear or less bright until you cannot see it any more: · The light faded away and the tunnel became completely black.· The bruises will fade away over time.
if something or someone blends into the place where they are they are like it in appearance, and you cannot see them easily: · These creatures can change colour in order to blend into their surroundings.· Bruno was hoping to blend in with the crowd and escape unnoticed.
to become impossible to find if someone or something disappears , you do not know where they are and cannot find them: · Where are my keys? They seem to have disappeared.· By the time of the trial, the tape had mysteriously disappeared.disappear from: · Thirteen-year-old Nicola disappeared from her home on Saturday night.disappear with something: · When I turned round, I discovered the man had disappeared with my bag.
if someone or something vanishes , they disappear and you cannot understand what has happened to them: · When she returned, her car had vanished.vanish from: · Smith vanished from Heathrow Airport in 1969 and is believed to be living in Florida.vanish into thin air (=vanish quickly, leaving no sign): · The company that supplied the missing cargo seems to have vanished into thin air.
British if an object goes missing , it is no longer in the place where it should be and may have been stolen; if a person goes missing , they cannot be found, and may be in danger: · Security was tightened up at the embassy after a number of important files went missing.· He's a strange man -- sometimes he goes missing for days and doesn't tell a soul.go missing from: · Stock has been going missing from the stock room, and we're trying to find out who is responsible.
British /without a trace American: disappear/vanish/sink without trace to disappear completely without leaving any sign of what happened: · A father and son have disappeared without trace while on a walking expedition in the mountains.· Several aircraft and ships have vanished without trace in the notorious Bermuda Triangle.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The bird vanished from sight. She seemed to have just vanished into thin air (=suddenly disappeared in a very mysterious way).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=disappear so that no sign remains) The youngster vanished without a trace one day and has never been found.
The youngster vanished without a trace one day and has never been found. The bird vanished from sight. She seemed to have just vanished into thin air (=suddenly disappeared in a very mysterious way). (=stop being seen because of the mist)· He passed me on the trail and disappeared into the mist.
(=they stop smiling)· Her smile faded and a shaft of panic shot through her.
(=disappear completely, without leaving any sign of what happened) The plane vanished without a trace.
The plane vanished without a trace.· The ship sank beneath the waves.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Finally, crux beneath the difficulties diminish, but runners again vanish.· But no sooner was his name mentioned than he had vanished again.· He briefly caught Dunn, but Dunn was dodging like a rabbit and he vanished again.· He was on his fifth day, and Arthur figured another two days then he'd vanish again.· All of those present who had shed their masks activated their own identical tattoos then willed the image to vanish again.
· But they appeared to vanish altogether for several years to return mysteriously to look, to whistle and back chat.· It should be noted that Greenwald is not vanishing altogether.· Some days, it's too misty and it's like it's vanished altogether.· So good old classical clues will almost certainly have vanished altogether.· This need not mean that the private/public distinction vanishes altogether but it applies to different domains.· Another step forward and Pooley noted to his utter stupefaction that it had vanished altogether into empty air.
· The surviving remnants of the eighteenth-century building are shown in solid black, the parts which have vanished as broken lines.· The old witch has vanished as mysteriously as she appeared.· He had vanished as completely as the ghost of Masque de Fer.· It had vanished as silently as if it had been only a figment of her imagination.· She warned that when things vanished as quickly as this, it was quite possible that they might come back.
· Western agents - including our own - have verified they have simply vanished.· All life, plant and animal, within a mile radius of Ground Zero simply vanished.· The money which has suddenly and mysteriously become available simply vanishes into thin air as Ruggiero Miletti magically reappears.· Those parts of the world which were excluded from this new exchange simply vanished.· The accused will after Allen be guilty if he simply vanishes with no intent to repay.· Denied anger has to go somewhere; it can not simply vanish into the air.· The Apple boutique closed down after only eight months, most of the clothing having simply vanished.
NOUN· The money which has suddenly and mysteriously become available simply vanishes into thin air as Ruggiero Miletti magically reappears.· Maybe each and every one of them had vanished into thin air.· Denied anger has to go somewhere; it can not simply vanish into the air.· It was almost as if he'd vanished into thin air.· Another step forward and Pooley noted to his utter stupefaction that it had vanished altogether into empty air.
· It had vanished from the earth.· If they accepted, nuclear missiles would vanish from the earth.
· Twenty-three people had vanished from the face of the earth.· The angst vanishes from his face and voice.· The well-defined features of the photograph had vanished, the face had swollen in death as had the exposed arms.
· Here the linguistic cocoon is spun to such complexity that the characters and narrative structure sometimes vanish from sight.· The rest of us heard a thin squeak, and started calling for her as she had vanished from sight.· One of the galleys had vanished from sight.· Within a few seconds it flew on again, vanishing from sight and hearing.· Persons can vanish utterly from sight for these reasons.· She vanished from sight, but Hippolytus, too, was gone.· The shore had vanished from sight.
· Meh'Lindi wore a mildly blissful smile which vanished as she came alert again.
· After a moment the impact vanished, leaving no trace.· Most of these fireballs burn up or explode in the atmosphere and vanish without a trace.· Well, Poppy vanished without trace.· Many more vanished without a trace.· The relationship lasted for almost three months; then Lavinia vanished without trace.· How can an entire house vanish without a trace.· Moira Anderson vanished without trace in a snow storm while running an errand for her grandmother on 23 February 1957.
· Farini vanished from public view for more than a year.· Then it zipped away at what seemed like incredible speed and vanished from view.
VERB· Energy seems to vanish and re-emerge in dramatic swings.· Certainly there is no lack of talent, though any relish for structured theatre careers seems to have vanished.· But in spite of their hardness they seemed to vanish in no time.· The normality of their life together, minimal at the best of times, seemed to be vanishing completely.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► do a disappearing/vanishing act► disappear/vanish from/off the face of the earth
1to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained: - Then the plane vanished from sight on the radar screen.
- Here the linguistic cocoon is spun to such complexity that the characters and narrative structure sometimes vanish from sight.
- It disappeared from sight behind the slope of the hill.
- She vanished from sight, but Hippolytus, too, was gone.
- So, since he is disappearing from sight, he has dyed his hair black, eyebrows, too.
- The rest of us heard a thin squeak, and started calling for her as she had vanished from sight.
- The shore had vanished from sight.
- Within a few seconds it flew on again, vanishing from sight and hearing.
- Within seconds of the Wheel disappearing from sight the red glow was extinguished.
- As happened during and after the first war of independence, the money has disappeared into thin air.
- It was almost as if he'd vanished into thin air.
- Maybe each and every one of them had vanished into thin air.
- The Cheshire cat is an odd character and he causes confusion when he literally disappears into thin air.
- The money which has suddenly and mysteriously become available simply vanishes into thin air as Ruggiero Miletti magically reappears.
- Victor and his kidnappers had disappeared into thin air.
- Yet he seemed to disappear into thin air.
- You can tell these mysterious trails were not made yesterday, because of the way they seem to disappear into thin air.
My keys were here a minute ago but now they’ve vanished.vanish without (a) trace/vanish off the face of the earth (=disappear so that no sign remains) The youngster vanished without a trace one day and has never been found. The bird vanished from sight. She seemed to have just vanished into thin air (=suddenly disappeared in a very mysterious way).► see thesaurus at disappear2to suddenly stop existing SYN disappearvanish from By the 1930s, the wolf had vanished from the American West. Public support for the prime minister has now vanished.