disappear

CEFRA1

/dɪsəˈpɪə/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To become impossible to see or find.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To go away; to become lost.

Examples

  • The fog began to disappear around ten o'clock.

  • Even these words will someday disappear.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /dɪsəˈpiːɹ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To go missing; to become a missing person.

  2. To vanish.

  3. To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.

More examples

In context

  • Eighteen years after Jaycee Dugard disappeared in 1991, she was found alive in the summer of 2009.

  • The Chinese government is well-known for disappearing particularly vocal political dissidents.

  • That will never disappear.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English disapeeren, equivalent to dis- + appear. Displaced native Old English fordwīnan. Displaced native Old English cwincan, whose causative persists as quench (“put out (fire)”).