Disappear Meaning
/dɪsəˈpɪə/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo vanish.
verbTo go missing; to become a missing person.
Sentence Examples
That will never disappear.
Even these words will someday disappear.
The fog began to disappear around ten o'clock.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The magician made the rabbit ____ from the top hat instantly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
That will never ____.
Word Origin & History
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)”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields[…]. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair,[…]. My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared."
— 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
""Did they disappear him?"
"I don’t know."
"What will you do if they decide to disappear you?""
— 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “Kid Sister”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 416:
"Now a new hunt is under way to find a grave believed to contain the remains of some of those who were “disappeared” at Colonia Dignidad."
— 2018 May 2, Marella Oppenheim, “Excavations at Chile torture site offer new hope for relatives of disappeared”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
""It's such an honoring for Native people in this country, when we've been so disappeared and disregarded," Harjo says."
— 2019 June 19, Lynn Neary, Patrick Jarenwattananon, quoting Joy Harjo, “Joy Harjo Becomes The First Native American U.S. Poet Laureate”, in npr:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The magician made the rabbit ____ from the top hat instantly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
That will never ____.