What does vanish mean?
Definitions for vanish
ˈvæn ɪʃvan·ish
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word vanish.
Princeton's WordNet
disappear, vanish, go awayverb
get lost, as without warning or explanation
"He disappeared without a trace"
vanish, disappear, go awayverb
become invisible or unnoticeable
"The effect vanished when day broke"
fly, fell, vanishverb
pass away rapidly
"Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
vanish, disappearverb
cease to exist
"An entire civilization vanished"
vanish, fly, vaporizeverb
decrease rapidly and disappear
"the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
Wiktionary
vanishverb
To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
vanishverb
To become equal to zero.
The function f(x)=x^2 vanishes at x=0.
ChatGPT
vanish
To vanish means to disappear suddenly and completely, often without explanation or visibly going away. It can also refer to gradually ceasing to exist or dying out over time. In mathematics, it refers to becoming zero or negligible.
Webster Dictionary
Vanishverb
to pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land
Vanishverb
to be annihilated or lost; to pass away
Vanishnoun
the brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot
Etymology: [OE. vanissen, OF. vanir (in comp.): cf. OF. envanir, esvanir, esvanur, F. s'vanouir; fr. L. vanus empty, vain; cf. L. vanescere, evanescere, to vanish. See Vain, and cf. Evanescent,-ish.]
Wikidata
Vanish
Vanish may refer to either of two unrelated brands, one by S.C. Johnson and one by Reckitt Benckiser.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Vanish
van′ish, v.i. to pass away from a place, leaving it vacant or empty: to disappear: to be annihilated or lost: (math.) to become zero: (Shak.) to exhale.—n. Van′isher.—adv. Van′ishingly.—n. Van′ishment.—Vanishing point, the point of disappearance of anything. [Through Fr. from L. vanescĕre, to pass away—vanus, empty.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
VANISH
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Vanish is ranked #78040 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Vanish surname appeared 245 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Vanish.
61.6% or 151 total occurrences were White.
31.4% or 77 total occurrences were Black.
3.6% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'vanish' in Verbs Frequency: #832
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of vanish in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of vanish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of vanish in a Sentence
The ultimate purpose of our life is to be happy. We are born for happiness, we are going toward happiness, we like to live in happiness, and we like to vanish from this universe for eternal happiness.
I am not sure one is capable of reflecting absurdity without having a strong sense of meaning. Absurdity makes sense only against a meaningful background. It is the deeper meaning that is shedding light on the absurdity. There must be a vanish point, a metaphysical horizon if you will where absurdity and meaning merge.”
A doorway is an ambiguous phenomenon, a liminal spot in a person’s life. A door can be a choice, a possibility, a protection or an aperture to new-fangled values. It can mean a barrier, a prison or a gate to freedom. It can, however, vanish in the mist of unawareness by lack of social concern. At that moment, our freedom has become our jail and we feel locked up in our own liberty. Any exit has waned: the doorway has been absorbed in the stupor of our infatuation. ( “In the doorway” )
We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we learn the language.
I don't think they'll vanish. These brands will surely live on and thrive in digital, i'm not an expert, but I'd bet that if you looked at the top 10 search terms for the past decade, the word ‘boobs’ would probably be one of them.
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- verdwynAfrikaans
- تلاشىArabic
- знікаць, знікнуцьBelarusian
- изчезвамBulgarian
- nulovat se, zmizetCzech
- forsvindeDanish
- vergehen, sich verflüchtigen, verschwindenGerman
- εξαφανίζομαιGreek
- neniiĝiEsperanto
- anularse, desvanecerse, desaparecerSpanish
- kaduma, haihtuma, hääbumaEstonian
- hävitä, kadotaFinnish
- s'évanouir, disparaître, s'annulerFrench
- անհետանալ, կորչել, չքանալArmenian
- sparire, svanireItalian
- 消えるJapanese
- evanesco, aufugio, vanescoLatin
- fordufte, forsvinneNorwegian
- verdwijnenDutch
- forsvinna, forsvinneNorwegian Nynorsk
- zniknąć, znikaćPolish
- sumir, esvair, [[anular]]-[[se]], desaparecerPortuguese
- исчезатьRussian
- iščeznutiSerbo-Croatian
- zmiznúťSlovak
- försvinnaSwedish
- மறைந்துவிடும்Tamil
- หายไปThai
- зникатиUkrainian
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