disappear

dis·ap·pear  (ds-pîr)

v. dis·ap·peared, dis·ap·pear·ing, dis·ap·pears

v.intr.

1. To pass out of sight; vanish.

2. To cease to exist.

v.tr.

To cause (someone) to disappear, especially by kidnapping or murder.

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disap·pearance 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.

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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)

disappearance  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	disappear - get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace" vanish, go away fall away, fall off - diminish in size or intensity 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" absent, remove - go away or leave; "He absented himself" blow over, evanesce, fleet, fade, pass off, pass - disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" fade, wither - lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading" skip town, take a powder - disappear without notifying anyone (idiom) die off, die out - become extinct; "Dinosaurs died out" 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" vanish, go away 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" vanish 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" evaporate, melt 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

2. pass, go away, wane, ebb, fade away The problem should disappear altogether by the age of five.

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.

5. cease, end, fade, vanish, dissolve, expire, evaporate, perish, die out, pass away, cease to exist, melt away, leave no trace, cease to be known The immediate threat has disappeared.

Translations

disappear [ˌdɪsəˈpɪəʳ]

A. VI → desaparecer
he disappeared from sight or view → desapareció de la vista
to make sth disappear → hacer desaparecer algo

B. VT → hacer desaparecer

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disappear [ˌdɪsəˈpɪə^r] vi

(from sight) [person, object] → disparaître
to disappear from view
He disappeared from view → On l'a perdu de vue.

(permanently) [person] → disparaître
He disappeared in 2001 → Il disparut en 2001.

(no longer exist) [species, habitat, tradition, language] → disparaître

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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

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disappear [ˌdɪsəˈpɪəʳ] vi → scomparire, sparire
he disappeared from sight → è scomparso alla vista
to make sth disappear → far sparire qc

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disappear [ˌdɪsəˈpɪəʳ] vi → scomparire, sparire
he disappeared from sight → è scomparso alla vista
to make sth disappear → far sparire qc

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disappear

v disappear [disəˈpiə]

1 to vanish from sight The sun disappeared slowly below the horizon. wegraak, verdwyn يَحْتَجِب، يَخْتَفي (وَراء) изчезвам zmizet forsvinde verschwinden εξαφανίζομαι, χάνομαι desaparecr kaduma ناپدید شدن؛ محو شدن hävitä disparaître לְהֵיעָלֵם अदृश्य होना nestati eltűnik menghilang hverfa úr augsÿn sparire 見えなくなる 사라지다 išnykti, dingti pazust; nozust hilang verdwijnen forsvinne, bli borte znikać desaparecer a dispărea исчезать zmiznúť izginiti nestati försvinna หายลับ gözden kaybolmak 不見 щезати نظروں سے اوجھل ہو جانا biến mất 不见

2 to fade out of existence This custom had disappeared by the end of the century. uitsterf يَزول، يَتَلاشى изгубвам се vymizet forsvinde verschwinden εξαφανίζομαι, εκλείπω desaparecer hääbuma از بین رفتن lakata olemasta disparaître לְהִכָּחֵד समाप्त हो जाना isčeznuti eltűnik lenyap hverfa, glatast scomparire 消滅する 없어지다 išnykti izzust lenyap verdwijnen bli borte, forsvinne ginąć desaparecer a dis­părea исчезать zaniknúť izginiti iščeznuti försvinna หายไป ortadan kalkmak 消失 пропадати چلن سے خارج ہو جانا mất đi 消失

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. spoorloos verdwyn يَخْتَفي губя ce ztratit se forsvinde verschwinden χάνομαι desaparecer haihtuma ناپدید شدن kadota disparaître לְהֵיעָלֵם izgubiti se eltűnik menghilang láta sig hverfa scomparire 姿を消す 행방불명 되다 dingti pazust ghaib verdwijnen gjemme seg, forsvinne znikać desaparecer a dispărea пропадать stratiť sa izginiti nestati försvinna หายไปจาก ortadan kaybolmak, sırra kadem basmak 失蹤 зникати گم ہو جانا biến mất 失踪

n disapˈpearance

verdwyning, wegraak إخْتِفاء изчезване (z)mizení forsvinden das Verschwinden εξαφάνιση desaparición kadumine ناپدید شدگی؛ نابودی katoaminen disparition הִיעָלמוּת ओझल isčeznuće, nestanak eltűnés hilang hvarf scomparsa 失そうする 사라짐, 소멸, 행방 불명, 실종 išnykimas, dingimas pazušana; nozušana; izzušana kehilangan verdwijning forsvinning(snummer) zniknięcie desaparecimento dispariţie исчезновение zmiznutie izginotje nestanak försvinnande การหายไป ortadan kaybolma, yok olma 消失 зникнення گمشدگی sự biến mất 消失

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disappear → يَخْتفى 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