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verb (used without object)

to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.

to go away, especially 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.

verb (used with object)

to cause to disappear.

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a function having the dependent variable expressed directly in terms of the independent variables, such as y = 3x + 4

an expression or a proposition, often algebraic, asserting the equality of two quantities

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noun

Phonetics. the 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.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English vanisshen, vanissen < Middle French evaniss-, long stem of e(s)vanir ≪ Latin ex- ex- + vānēscere to pass away, equivalent to vān(us) vain + -ēscere inchoative suffix

Related forms

van·ish·er, noun

van·ish·ing·ly, adverb

van·ish·ment, noun

non·van·ish·ing, adjective

out·van·ish, verb (used with object)

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un·van·ish·ing, adjective

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Synonyms
1. evanesce. See disappear.

Antonyms
1. appear.

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Any amount you don't claim will vanish from your account and go straight into your employer's coffers.

Even well protected species sometimes vanish unexpectedly.

Without a trace, something is causing bees to vanish by the thousands.

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Any amount you don't claim will vanish from your account and go straight into your employer's coffers.

Even well protected species sometimes vanish unexpectedly.

Without a trace, something is causing bees to vanish by the thousands.

Anyone walking into a smoker's abode can tell you that the traces of tobacco use don't vanish when a cigarette is extinguished.

The tree fruits vanish as chestnuts and pines appear, and thrilling views open across the widening vista.

The falls will vanish with the summer heat, replaced by an onslaught of fearless rock climbers.

Makers of clunky pocket calculators design video players so small they vanish in a closed fist.

And yet the latter proliferate while the former vanish.

Tigers are so stunningly beautiful that it seems a tragedy they should be allowed to vanish.

The world's rain forests could completely vanish in a hundred years at the current rate of deforestation.

But there's one piece of good news: when the bacteria return to earth the aggressive traits vanish.

Region codes may be dying, but they won't vanish completely until there's something to take their place.

But with so much at stake, quarrels over the census are unlikely to vanish.

The platforms thin out and vanish by the time the ocean turns the blue of deep water, an hour from shore.

Such events would outshine the sun for a few seconds and then vanish.

The trouble is that when antimatter and matter collide, both vanish in flashes of energy.

Foreign investors-hardly abundant before the war-may vanish altogether.

The divers saw clouds of tiny young fish vanish into a hole in the coral reef.

In coming years wireless will vanish entirely from view, as communications chips are embedded in a host of everyday objects.

But with the new materials, even the bump seems to vanish.

When a police car duly arrives, the few bystanders hoping for a ride quickly vanish into the bush.

Its body and head can vanish in seconds, leaving only its eyes above ground.

They have seen too many past cures for cancer vanish in a puff of smoke.

The blob will vanish after the gas fizzles out or the lava hardens.

Even in adulthood that idolatry never seems to completely vanish.

It is so sad seeing all those fish and unique types of life vanish in the oil spill.

Organisations that fail to deal with such threats tend to vanish.

Showalter knows that the satellites he has given such attention to naming may eventually vanish.

If wise people do not help them make good decisions then species will vanish.

Bache is the second venerable industry name to vanish in the last year because of failure-driven shake-ups.

The problems will stay and the money vanish into a hole where no one will quite be able to tell you what happened to it.

However, you don't vanish because that's what you want or need.

Scientists are racing to save many of these species before they vanish forever.

There are several processes that cause congestion to seemingly appear out of nowhere only to slowly vanish as you drive through.

The findings may finally help explain why the universe didn't vanish shortly after its birth.

If the remnants should vanish, say the study's authors, species adapted to them would probably vanish as well.

He persuaded a lot of simple people that he was semi-divine, immune to bullets and able to vanish at will.

The world s rain forests could completely vanish in a hundred years at the current rate of deforestation.

Lovers walking slowly hand in hand, before they kiss, part and vanish home.

They could promise them now to sweeten the change and then afterwards they could mysteriously vanish.

Quantum teleportation is the process of making a subatomic particle?s physical state vanish from one place and appear in another.

Clouds of sublimating vapor pour out and vanish halfway to the floor.

The bad ones cannot be replicated and vanish down the memory hole.

Condition favorable for human life could vanish on this planet with one big comet or the eruption of one mega volcanoe.

Migration may vanish at a scale measured in human years, and recover at time scales measured in planetary cycles.

So they are using those credit lines earlier than expected, in case they vanish.

Suddenly, all of these men pay their bills and vanish.

Computer”, a book that predicts that computers will eventually be so integrated into everyday items that they will vanish.

When a man decides to vanish into the jungle, it's usually for a good reason.

But then the colors vanish all at once as if a curtain has been pulled down.

If all the coins were flipped to face white-side up, the text on the article would vanish.

With the state short of money, though, the pressure will not vanish.

If only this technology became wide-spread all over the continent, the problem with shortage of drinkable water would vanish.

Wages and prices would adjust, the market would stabilize and unemployment would vanish.

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World English Dictionary

vanish (ˈvænɪʃ)

—vb
1.	to disappear, esp suddenly or mysteriously
2.	to cease to exist; fade away
3.	maths to become zero

—n
4.	rare phonetics the second and weaker of the two vowels in a falling diphthong

[C14: vanissen, from Old French esvanir, from Latin ēvānēscere to evaporate, from ē-ex-¹ + vānēscere to pass away, from vānus empty]

'vanisher

—n

'vanishingly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

vanish

c.1300, from aphetic form of stem of O.Fr. esvanir "disappear," from V.L. *exvanire, from L. evanescere "disappear, die out," from ex- "out" + vanescere "vanish," from vanus "empty" (see vain). Vanishing point in perspective drawing is recorded from 1797.

American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

vanish

see under into thin air.

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