disappear
verb/ˌdɪsəˈpɪə(r)/
/ˌdɪsəˈpɪr/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they disappear | /ˌdɪsəˈpɪə(r)/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɪr/ |
| he / she / it disappears | /ˌdɪsəˈpɪəz/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɪrz/ |
| past simple disappeared | /ˌdɪsəˈpɪəd/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd/ |
| past participle disappeared | /ˌdɪsəˈpɪəd/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd/ |
| -ing form disappearing | /ˌdɪsəˈpɪərɪŋ/ /ˌdɪsəˈpɪrɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to become impossible to see synonym vanish
- With that, Matt promptly disappeared.
- The mirror made the ceiling seem to disappear.
- + adv./prep. The plane disappeared behind a cloud.
- Lisa watched until the train disappeared from view.
- Lucy watched his tall figure disappear into the cafe.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- behind
- from
- into
- …
- disappear from sight
- disappear from view
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- [intransitive] to stop existing synonym vanish
- Her nervousness quickly disappeared once she was on stage.
- The problem won't just disappear.
- Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
- disappear from something Wildlife is fast disappearing from our countryside.
- These fish have virtually disappeared from their traditional waters.
Extra Examples- He started the treatment and his symptoms disappeared overnight.
- The controversy is not going to magically disappear.
- The traditional way of life has all but disappeared.
- These forests could disappear altogether in the next twenty years.
- Why have 2.5 million manufacturing jobs disappeared in the last twenty years?
- a rapidly disappearing way of life
- The smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown.
- His grin momentarily disappeared from his face.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- behind
- from
- into
- …
- disappear from sight
- disappear from view
- [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.
- Then one day he simply disappeared.
- The plane mysteriously disappeared over the Indian Ocean.
- disappear from something The child disappeared from his home some time after four.
Extra Examples- The woman literally disappeared on her way home from work one night.
- The plane suddenly just disappeared from the radar screen.
- Her father disappeared without trace when she was ten.
- Her personal website quietly disappeared from the internet.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- behind
- from
- into
- …
- disappear from sight
- disappear from view
- [transitive, usually passive] be disappeared if a person is disappeared, they are arrested or captured and kept in prison without trial or killed, usually for political reasons
- 10 000 people have been disappeared and over 160 000 displaced.
- One month later, he was disappeared by the regime.
- [transitive, often passive] to remove something secretly or illegally so that it cannot be found
- be disappeared (from something) In the last five years, nearly 5 000 companies have been disappeared from the registry.
- disappear something (from something) Soon after the blog post went up, someone disappeared it.
Word Originlate Middle English: from dis- (expressing reversal) + appear, on the pattern of French disparaître.
Idioms
See disappear in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee disappear in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishdisappear/vanish off the face of the earth
- to disappear completely
- Keep looking—they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.
disappear, vanish, etc. into thin air
- to disappear suddenly in a mysterious way
- She can’t just have vanished into thin air.
- At a stroke she could make things vanish into thin air.
do, perform, stage a disappearing/vanishing act
- (informal) to go away or be impossible to find when people need or want you
- The cat had done a disappearing act.
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