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dis·ap·pear
(dĭs′ə-pîr′)v. dis·ap·peared, dis·ap·pear·ing, dis·ap·pears
v.intr.
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.
To cause (someone) to disappear, especially by kidnapping or murder.
dis′ap·pear′ance n.
Synonyms: disappear, evanesce, evaporate, fade, vanish
These verbs mean to pass out of sight or existence: a skyscraper disappearing in the fog; time seeming to evanesce; courage evaporating; memories fading away; hope slowly vanishing.
These verbs mean to pass out of sight or existence: a skyscraper disappearing in the fog; time seeming to evanesce; courage evaporating; memories fading away; hope slowly vanishing.
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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.
4. (tr) (esp in South and Central America) to arrest secretly and presumably imprison or kill (a member of an opposing political group)
ˌdisapˈpearance n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
dis•ap•pear
(ˌdɪs əˈpɪər)v.i.
1. to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
2. to cease to exist or be known; pass away.
v.t. 3. to kidnap, imprison, or kill (someone, esp. an opponent of a right-wing Latin American government).
[1520–30]
syn: disappear, fade, vanish mean that something or someone passes from sight or existence. disappear is used of whatever suddenly or gradually goes away: We watched them turn down a side street and disappear. fade suggests a complete or partial disappearance that proceeds gradually and often by means of a blending into something else: Dusk faded into darkness. vanish suggests complete, generally rapid disappearance: The sun vanished behind clouds.
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disappear
If someone or something disappears, they go or are taken to a place where they can't be seen or found.
I saw the car disappear round the corner.
She disappeared down the corridor.
Tools disappeared and were never found.
Be Careful!
Don't use disappeared as an adjective. If you can't find something because it is not in its usual place, don't say that it 'is disappeared'. You say that it has disappeared.
He discovered that a pint of milk had disappeared from the fridge.
By the time the examiners got to work, most of the records had disappeared.
Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012
disappear
Past participle: disappeared
Gerund: disappearing
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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| Verb | 1. | disappear - get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace" fall - go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts" die - disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!" go - be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge" blow over, evanesce, fleet, fade, pass off, pass - disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" skip town, take a powder - disappear without notifying anyone (idiom) desorb - go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed appear - come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" |
| 2. |  disappear - become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke"dematerialise, dematerialize - become immaterial; disappear clear - go away or disappear; "The fog cleared in the afternoon" bob under - disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" | |
| 3. | disappear - cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished" end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" come along, appear - come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; "Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago" | |
| 4. | disappear - become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance" weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
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disappear
verb
1. vanish, evaporate, recede, drop out of sight, vanish off the face of the earth, evanesce, be lost to view or sight The car drove off and disappeared from sight.
vanish appear, arrive, reappear, materialize
vanish appear, arrive, reappear, materialize
3. flee, bolt, run away, fly, escape, split (slang), retire, withdraw, take off (informal), get away, vanish, depart, go, make off, abscond, take flight, do a runner (slang), scarper (Brit. slang), slope off, cut and run (informal), beat a hasty retreat, make your escape, make your getaway The prisoner disappeared after being released on bail.
4. be lost, be taken, be stolen, go missing, be mislaid My wallet seems to have disappeared.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
disappear
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
اختفىيَحْتَجِب، يَخْتَفييَخْتَفييَخْتَفِييَزول، يَتَلاشى
изчезвамизчезна
zmizetztratit sevymizet
forsvinde
kadotakadottaahävitähävittää
nestati
hverfa úr augsÿnhverfa, glatastláta sig hverfa
消える見えなくなる
사라지다
dingimasišnykimasišnykti
izzustnozustpazust
izginiti
нестајатинестати
försvinna
หายไป
gözden kaybolmakortadan kalkmakortadan kaybolmaksırra kadem basmak
biến mất
disappear
[ˌdɪsəˈpɪəʳ]A. VI → desaparecer
he disappeared from sight or view → desapareció de la vista
to make sth disappear → hacer desaparecer algo
he disappeared from sight or view → desapareció de la vista
to make sth disappear → hacer desaparecer algo
B. VT → hacer desaparecer
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
disappear
[ˌdɪsəˈpɪər] vi (from sight) [person, object] → disparaître
to disappear from view
He disappeared from view → On l'a perdu de vue.
to disappear from view
He disappeared from view → On l'a perdu de vue.
(no longer exist) [species, habitat, tradition, language] → disparaître
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
disappear
vi → verschwinden; (worries, fears, difficulties) → verschwinden, sich in nichts auflösen; (memory) → schwinden; (objections) → sich zerstreuen; he disappeared from sight → er verschwand; to make something disappear → etw verschwinden lassen; to do a disappearing trick (inf) → sich verdünnisieren (inf), → sich verdrücken (inf); to disappear into thin air → sich in Luft auflösen
vt (esp Pol inf) → verschwinden lassen
pl the disappeared → die Verschwundenen pl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
disappear
[ˌdɪsəˈpɪəʳ] vi → scomparire, sparirehe disappeared from sight → è scomparso alla vista
to make sth disappear → far sparire qc
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
disappear
(disəˈpiə) verb1. to vanish from sight. The sun disappeared slowly below the horizon.
2. to fade out of existence. This custom had disappeared by the end of the century.
3. to go away so that other people do not know where one is. A search is being carried out for the boy who disappeared from his home on Monday.
ˌdisapˈpearance nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
disappear
→ يَخْتَفِي zmizet forsvinde verschwinden εξαφανίζομαι desaparecer kadota disparaître nestati scomparire 見えなくなる 사라지다 verdwijnen forsvinne zniknąć desaparecer исчезать försvinna หายไป gözden kaybolmak biến mất 消失Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
disappear
vi desaparecerEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.