Disappearings

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Being in the process of ceasing to be visible or present, often suddenly or unexpectedly
2. Experiencing a state where something or someone no longer can be seen or located
3. Indicating the act of fading away from sight or existence, resulting in complete absence

Etymology: "Disappearings" is simply the plural of "disappearing," the noun use of the present participle of "disappear." That verb is built from the prefix "dis-", meaning "apart" or "away," and "appear," which came into English through Old French from Latin "apparere," "to come into view." So a disappearing is, literally, an act of coming apart from view. Because "disappearing" is a regular noun formed from the verb, the plural follows the usual pattern of adding "-s." The form is most often used for a series of separate vanishings, such as a run of unexplained events or repeated acts of people or things going missing.

Synonyms: vanishings, evaporations, departures, exits, cessations

Antonyms: appearances, arrivals, emergences, comings, presences