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# disappearance

«disappearance» in Mova's school dictionary: **when someone or something goes out of sight or cannot be…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a disappearance, disappearances)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A disappearance is when someone or something goes out of sight or cannot be found any more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappearance/#m1)

2) The disappearance of something, such as a species or a habit, is when it stops existing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappearance/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and mysteries it starts the plot: «the disappearance of the cat». In science and geography it is used for animals dying out, ice melting or forests being cut down. In the news it may describe a missing person. Phrases: «a mysterious disappearance», «since her disappearance».

### examples

- The disappearance of my homework is a mystery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappearance/#x1)
- Police are looking into the disappearance of a boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappearance/#x2)
- The sudden disappearance of the magician amazed us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappearance/#x3)
- Scientists worry about the disappearance of bees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappearance/#x4)
- The disappearance of the dinosaurs happened about 66 million years ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappearance/#x5)
- After the disappearance of the sun, it got cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappearance/#x6)
- Nobody noticed the cake's disappearance until teatime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappearance/#x7)

### note

Countable: a disappearance, disappearances. Spelling: dis + appear + ance — one s, double p. Verb: disappear; opposite: appearance. A common spelling mistake is «dissappearance».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disappearance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappearance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.