Disappearances - English meaning

verb

To replace certificates (= paper documents) by a system in which shares, etc. are bought, sold, and stored electronically

Usage examples:

The investor can dematerialize only those certificates that are already registered in his name., th…

noun

The action of leaving, especially to start a journey.

Usage examples:

The day of departure

noun

The act of leaving a place, job, etc., or an occasion when this happens

Usage examples:

[ u ] departure is scheduled for 2 p.m., [ c ] our departure was delayed because of bad weather., […

noun

The act of leaving a company or a job

Usage examples:

The current finance director will retire, but she has set no date for her departure., a sudden/surp…

noun

Overindulgence in sensual pleasures; dissipated living.

Usage examples:

A descent into drunkenness and sexual dissipation

noun

The process of gradually disappearing

Usage examples:

He sees a growing dissipation of our cultural values., scientists say the dissipation of the el niñ…

noun

The action of formally ending or dismissing an assembly, partnership, or official body.

Usage examples:

The dissolution of their marriage

noun

The ending of esp. an official organization or a legal arrangement

Usage examples:

The dissolution of the spanish empire

noun

The act or process of ending an official organization or legal agreement

Usage examples:

After the dissolution of communist rule in 1989, things began to open up., the party says it will c…

noun

The movement of the tide out to sea.

Usage examples:

The tide was on the ebb

verb

(of tidewater) move away from the land; recede.

Usage examples:

The tide began to ebb

noun

A way out of a building, room, or passenger vehicle.

Usage examples:

She slipped out by the rear exit

verb

Go out of or leave a place.

Usage examples:

He exited from the changing rooms

verb

Move out of or depart from

verb

Gradually grow faint and disappear.

Usage examples:

The light had faded and dusk was advancing

noun

The process of becoming less bright.

Usage examples:

The sun can cause colour fade

noun

A shot causing the ball to deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed golfer, the left)

Usage examples:

When they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade

noun

An act of leaving a place; a departure.

Usage examples:

Don't lose track of your child's comings and goings

adjective

Existing or available; to be had.

Usage examples:

He asked if there were any other jobs going

verb

Move from one place to another; travel.

Usage examples:

He went out to the shops

adjective

Going past.

Usage examples:

Passing cars

noun

The passage of something, especially time.

Usage examples:

With the passing of the years she had become a little eccentric

verb

Move or cause to move in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

He passed through towns and villages

noun

The action or fact of leaving one's job and ceasing to work.

Usage examples:

A man nearing retirement

noun

The point at which someone stops working, esp. because of having reached a particular age or because of ill health, or the period in someone’s life after the person has stopped working

Usage examples:

[ c ] he announced his retirement in september.

noun

The fact of leaving your job and stopping working, usually because you have reached a particular age

Usage examples:

With retirement less than three years away, she began to worry about her personal finances., more p…

verb

(of an army) withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.

Usage examples:

The french retreated in disarray

noun

An act of moving back or withdrawing.

Usage examples:

A speedy retreat

verb

The act of withdrawing or going backward

verb

Disappear suddenly and completely.

Usage examples:

Moira vanished without trace

adjective

Beginning to disappear

Usage examples:

They expressed concern about the city's current budget crisis and its vanishing work force., around…

verb

(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.

Usage examples:

Tory tried to see her reflection, but the moon was waning, the stars obscured by clouds.

noun

The amount by which a plank or log is bevelled or falls short of a squared shape.

Usage examples:

I cut the log into slabs without removing the outside wane

noun

The action of withdrawing something.

Usage examples:

The withdrawal of legal aid

noun

An act of taking something back, removing something, or moving something back

Usage examples:

[ c ] a troop withdrawal, [ c ] he had made several large withdrawals from his bank account (= he h…

noun

The act of taking money out of an account, or the amount of money taken

Usage examples:

The savings account only allows you to make three withdrawals a year., there's a cash withdrawal li…