Word.ws English Dictionary

Plural of disappearance

regular plural

The plural of disappearance is disappearances.

Forms of disappearance

Singulardisappearance /dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/
Pluraldisappearances
Countablecountable and uncountable

Disappearances in a sentence

  • A minibus van, often numberless and dubbed the 'drone', gained notoriety for kidnaps and disappearances.2022 October 20, Albert K Awedoba, Andreas Mehler, Benedikt Kamski, David Sebudubudu, Africa Yearbook, volume 18, →ISBN, page 419. From the entry drone
  • According to Campus Security reports, there has also been a recent uptick in cat disappearances on campus grounds.2018 October 29, Sara Serrano, “Where have all the cats gone? Campus cats mysteriously vanish around Collins Hall”, in Justin…. From the entry spoopy
  • The unexplained disappearances of key members of his leadership team and military top brass could be seen as either signs of pervasive corruption or political purges.2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC. From the entry pervasive
  • European ambition was simply too far ahead of technology, and until better ships and better navigation were developed, shipwrecks and disappearances were a regular part of this new adventure.1997, Mark Kurlansky, “Chapter 3: The Cod Rush”, in Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, Walker, →ISBN. From the entry stockfish

Meaning of disappearance

  1. noun The action of disappearing or vanishing.
  2. noun Passing out of sight.
  3. noun Leaving secretly of without explanation.

Full definition of disappearance

Questions about the plural of disappearance

What is the plural of disappearance?
The plural of disappearance is disappearances.
Is disappearance countable?
Disappearance is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: disappearance (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this page: “Plural of disappearance.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/plural/disappearance. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.