Disappearance Meaning
/dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe action of disappearing or vanishing.
nounPassing out of sight.
Sentence Examples
We have to look into the disappearance of the doctor.
The police are looking into his disappearance.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The sudden ____ of the valuable painting shocked the museum staff.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We have to look into the ____ of the doctor.
Word Origin & History
From disappear + -ance.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"As hundreds of volunteers and police scoured parks and waterways in an area of New Orleans Tuesday, there were many questions but few answers about the disappearance 11 days ago of a 26-year-old teacher."
— 2013 March 12, Vivian Kuo, “No answers in disappearance of New Orleans teacher”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2018:
"A single undoubted cure of a demonstrated cancer or sarcoma by this treatment would be enough to say definitely that the treatment exerts some specifically curative influence, for the spontaneous disappearance of undoubtedly malignant growths of this character is almost unknown."
— 1898, William B. Coley, “The Treatment of Inoperable Sarcoma with the Mixed Toxins of Erysipelas and Bacillus Prodigiosus”, in Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 31, American Medical Association, page 464:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The sudden ____ of the valuable painting shocked the museum staff.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We have to look into the ____ of the doctor.