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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).
The meaning of DISAPPEAR is to pass from view. How to use disappear in a sentence.
Definition of disappear verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
(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).
disappear. (ˌdɪsəˈpɪə) vb. 1. (intr) to cease to be visible; vanish. 2. (intr) to go away or become lost, esp secretly or without explanation. 3. (intr) to cease to exist, have effect, or be known; become extinct or lost: the pain has disappeared.
When something disappears, it's gone. To disappear is to vanish, evaporate, or just fade away.
DISAPPEAR meaning: 1. to become impossible to see: 2. to suddenly go somewhere and become impossible to find: 3. to…. Learn more.
The earliest known use of the verb disappear is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for disappear is from around 1425, in the writing of John Lydgate, poet and prior of Hatfield Regis.
