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- Dictionarydisappearance/ˌdɪsəˈpɪərəns/
noun
- 1. an act 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.
Disappearance definition: the act or an instance of disappearing; a ceasing to be seen or to exist.. See examples of DISAPPEARANCE used in a sentence.
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.
v.tr. To cause (someone) to disappear, especially by kidnapping or murder. dis′ap·pear′ance n. Synonyms: disappear, evanesce, evaporate, fade, vanish. These verbs mean to pass out of sight or existence: a skyscraper disappearing in the fog; time seeming to evanesce; courage evaporating; memories fading away; hope slowly vanishing.
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.
