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Word disappear
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / ˌdɪsəˈpɪə(r) / NAmE / ˌdɪsəˈpɪr /
Example
  • the plane disappeared behind a cloud.
  • lisa watched until the train disappeared from view.
  • her nervousness quickly disappeared once she was on stage.
  • the problem won't just disappear.
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disappear

(verb)BrE / ˌdɪsəˈpɪə(r) / NAmE / ˌdɪsəˈpɪr /
  1. to become impossible to see
    • synonym vanish
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/vanish
    • The plane disappeared behind a cloud.
    • Lisa watched until the train disappeared from view.
  2. to stop existing
    • synonym vanish
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/vanish
    • Her nervousness quickly disappeared once she was on stage.
    • The problem won't just disappear.
    • Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
  3. to be lost or impossible to find
    • synonym vanish
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/vanish
    • I can never find a pen in this house. They disappear as soon as I buy them.
    • The child disappeared from his home some time after four.
  4. if a person is disappeared, they are arrested or captured and kept in prison without trial or killed, usually for political reasons
    • 10 000 people have been disappeared and over 160 000 displaced.
    • One month later, he was disappeared by the regime.
  5. to remove something secretly or illegally so that it cannot be found
    • In the last five years, nearly 5 000 companies have been disappeared from the registry.
    • Soon after the blog post went up, someone disappeared it.

    Extra Examples

    • He started the treatment and his symptoms disappeared overnight.
    • Her father disappeared without trace when she was ten.
    • Her personal website quietly disappeared from the Internet.
    • His grin momentarily disappeared from his face.
    • Lucy watched his tall figure disappear into the cafe.
    • She watched until he had disappeared from view.
    • The controversy is not going to magically disappear.
    • The plane suddenly just disappeared from the radar screen.
    • The smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown.
    • The sun disappeared behind a cloud.
    • The traditional way of life has all but disappeared.
    • The woman literally disappeared on her way home from work one night.
    • These forests could disappear altogether in the next twenty years.
    • Why have 2.5 million manufacturing jobs disappeared in the last twenty years?
    • Wildlife is fast disappearing from our countryside.
    • With that, Matt promptly disappeared.
    • a rapidly disappearing way of life
    • Lisa watched until the train disappeared from view.
    • The problem won’t just disappear.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they disappear
    • he / she / it disappears
    • past simple disappeared
    • past participle disappeared
    • -ing form disappearing

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from dis- (expressing reversal) + appear, on the pattern of French disparaître.
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