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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024van•ish /ˈvænɪʃ/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- to disappear quickly from sight;
become invisible:The magician made the coin vanish before our eyes. - to go away, esp. secretly or without being noticed:The thief vanished in the night.
- to come to an end:His anger vanished and he burst out laughing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024van•ish (van′ish),USA pronunciation v.i. - to disappear from sight, esp. quickly;
become invisible:The frost vanished when the sun came out. - to go away, esp. furtively or mysteriously;
disappear by quick departure:The thief vanished in the night. - to disappear by ceasing to exist;
come to an end:The pain vanished after he took an aspirin. - Mathematics(of a number, quantity, or function) to become zero.
v.t. - to cause to disappear.
n. - Phoneticsthe last part of a vowel sound when it differs noticeably in quality from the main sound, as the faint (ē) at the end of the (ā) in the pronunciation of pain.
- Middle French evaniss-, long stem of e(s)vanir Latin ex- ex- + vānēscere to pass away, equivalent. to vān(us) vain + -ēscere inchoative suffix
- Middle English vanisshen, vanissen 1275–1325
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged evanesce. See disappear.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged appear.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/ vb (intransitive)- to disappear, esp suddenly or mysteriously
- to cease to exist; fade away
- to become zero
n - rare the second and weaker of the two vowels in a falling diphthong
Etymology: 14th Century: vanissen, from Old French esvanir, from Latin ēvānēscere to evaporate, from ē- ex-1 + vānēscere to pass away, from vānus emptyˈvanisher n |