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- Dictionarydisappear/ˌdɪsəˈpɪə/
verb
- 1. cease to be visible: "he disappeared into the trees" Similar Opposite
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(of a person or thing) to go to a place or into a condition where the person or thing cannot be seen: She disappeared into the house. He disappeared for a few hours (= went somewhere unknown). They watched the plane until it disappeared (= could no longer be seen).
1. : to pass from view. The moon disappeared behind a cloud. 2. : to cease to be : pass out of existence or notice. dinosaurs disappeared from the earth. My keys seem to have disappeared again. transitive verb. : to cause (someone or something) to disappear: a.
To disappear is to vanish, evaporate, or just fade away. The word disappear is made up of dis, meaning "do the opposite of" and appear. So to disappear is to do the opposite of appear. Magicians are experts at making things disappear: one minute the rabbit is here, and the next, it's gone!
verb (used without object) to cease to be seen; vanish from sight. to cease to exist or be known; pass away; end gradually: One by one the symptoms disappeared. (of a person) to vanish under suspicious circumstances: The dictator's outspoken opponent disappeared that evening, shortly after midnight.
1. to cease to be seen; go out of sight. 2. to cease being; go out of existence, use, etc.; become lost or extinct. verb transitive. 3. to cause to disappear; specif., to kidnap and execute (persons) in a clandestine program of political terror. SIMILAR WORDS: ˈvanish.
DISAPPEAR meaning: 1. If people or things disappear, they go somewhere where they cannot be seen or found: 2. to no…. Learn more.
To cease being; go out of existence, use, etc.; become lost or extinct. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To cause to disappear; specif., to kidnap and execute (persons) in a clandestine program of political terror. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To cease to exist.
Definition of disappear verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DISAPPEAR definition: 1. to become impossible to see: 2. to suddenly go somewhere and become impossible to find: 3. to…. Learn more.
1. To pass out of sight; vanish: The moon disappeared behind the clouds. 2. To cease to be seen; be missing or unfound: Her purse disappeared from her locker. The plane disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. 3. To cease to exist: Dinosaurs disappeared at the end of the Cretaceous Period. v.tr.
