- 1[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to become impossible to see synonym vanish The plane disappeared behind a cloud. Lisa watched until the train disappeared from view.
- 2[intransitive] to stop existing synonym vanish Her nervousness quickly disappeared once she was on stage. The problem won't just disappear. Our forests are disappearing at an alarming rate.
- 3[intransitive] to be lost or impossible to find synonym vanish I can never find a pen in this house. They disappear as soon as I buy them. disappear from something The child disappeared from his home some time after four.
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NAmE//ˌdɪsəˈpɪr//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they disappear he / she / it disappears
past simple disappeared
-ing form disappearing
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NAmE//ˌdɪsəˈpɪrəns//
noun [uncountable, countable] the disappearance of many species of plants and animals from our planet Police are investigating the disappearance of a young woman.Idioms 2to disappear completely Keep looking—they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.
3to go away or be impossible to find when people need or want youSee disappear in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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