English Explanatory Dictionary

disappear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To vanish.
  2. To go missing; to become a missing person.
  3. To go away; to become lost.
  4. To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.

Pronunciation

/dɪsəˈpɪə/ /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ /dɪsəˈpiːɹ/ en-us-disappear.ogg

Word forms

disappear disappears disappearing disappeared

Etymology

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)”).

Synonyms

dematerialize vanish perish dissolve

Antonyms

appear

Related words

disappearance

Derived words

disappearable disappearer disappearess disappearing act disappearing carriage disappearing disease disappearingly disappearing stairs disappear into thin air nondisappearing redisappear undisappearing up and disappear
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