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EVANESCENCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight

Example:

the evanescence of the morning mist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("evanescence" is a kind of...):

disappearance (the event of passing out of sight)

Derivation:

evanesce (disappear gradually)

evanescent (tending to vanish like vapor)

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