disappearance
/dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.74 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Wireless phone technology led to the disappearance of once-common coiled cords for telephone handsets."
- "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."
- "From the shore, they watched the disappearance of the ships' masts into the haze."
- "The prosecuting attorney was concerned about the potential disappearance of witnesses."
- "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."
Etymology
From disappear + -ance.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/