disappear
/,disə'piə/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To cease to be visible; to pass from sight: To become impossible to see or find.
- To cease to exist or be in use: To stop existing or happening.
- To become less intense and fade away gradually: To diminish slowly until gone.
Usage and Examples
- To cease to be visible:
- The sun disappeared behind the clouds.
- The magician made the rabbit disappear.
- To cease to exist:
- Many ancient species have disappeared from the Earth.
- The old traditions are disappearing.
- To fade away gradually:
- His smile disappeared when he heard the news.
- The pain should disappear in a few hours.
Advanced Usage
- "to disappear from view": to go where one can no longer be seen.
- The ship slowly disappeared from view over the horizon.
- "to disappear without a trace": to vanish completely, leaving no evidence.
- The hikers disappeared without a trace in the mountains.
Variants and Related Words
- Disappearance (n): the act or an instance of disappearing.
- The disappearance of the documents caused a scandal.
- Disappearing (adj, present participle): in the process of vanishing.
- The disappearing coastline is a concern for environmentalists.
Synonyms
- Vanish: to disappear suddenly and completely.
- Fade: to disappear gradually.
- Evaporate: to disappear or cause to disappear like vapor.
Phrasal Verbs
(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically contained within the single verb form.)
Related Idioms
- Do a disappearing act: to leave or vanish, especially to avoid someone or something.
- Every time there's work to do, he does a disappearing act.
Verb
- become less intense and fade away gradually
- her resistance melted under his charm
- her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance
- cease to exist
- An entire civilization vanished
- become invisible or unnoticeable
- The effect vanished when day broke
- get lost, as without warning or explanation
- He disappeared without a trace