vanish meaning
vanish :
to disappear, to go away
Verb
▪ The magician made the rabbit vanish.
▪ The magician made the rabbit disappear.
▪ The sun vanished behind the clouds.
▪ The sun disappeared behind the clouds.
paraphrasing
▪ disappear – to go out of sight
▪ fade – to slowly go away
▪ evaporate – to vanish like water turning into gas
▪ dissolve – to mix in and vanish
Pronunciation
vanish [ˈvæn.ɪʃ]
The stress is on 'van' and sounds like 'van-ish'.
Common phrases and grammar about vanish
vanish - Common meaning
Verb
to disappear, to go away
Part of Speech Changes for "vanish"
▪ vanishing (adjective) – disappearing or going away
▪ vanished (adjective) – disappeared or gone away
Common Expressions with "vanish"
▪ vanish into thin air – to disappear completely
▪ vanish from sight – to disappear from view
▪ vanish without a trace – to disappear with no sign left
▪ make something vanish – to cause something to disappear
Important examples of vanish in TOEIC
Vocabulary examples from the TOEIC test
In TOEIC vocabulary questions, vanish is often used to describe something disappearing quickly or unexpectedly.
Example of a confusing word: banish (to expel)
Grammar examples from the TOEIC test
Vanish is often used as an intransitive verb, showing up in grammar questions where the subject disappears.
vanish
Idioms and fixed expressions in TOEIC
vanish into thin air
'disappear completely', used when something is gone without a trace.
vanish like smoke
means 'to disappear quickly and completely'.
Differences between similar words and vanish
vanish
,
disappear
differences
Vanish means to disappear quickly and completely, while disappear can mean to go out of sight gradually.
Words with the same origin as vanish
The origin of vanish
The word 'vanish' comes from the Latin 'vanescere', meaning 'to disappear'.
Word structure
It has the root 'van' (empty) and suffix 'ish' (verb), meaning 'to become empty'.
Words with the same origin
The root of vanish is 'van' (empty). Words with the same root include vanish (to disappear), vanity (emptiness).
