Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive)To vanish.

    verschwinden, entschwinden

    исчеза́тьisčezátʹ, исче́знутьisčéznutʹ, пропада́тьpropadátʹ

    зника́тиznykáty, зни́кнутиznýknuty

  2. (intransitive)To go missing; to become a missing person.

    Eighteen years after Jaycee Dugard disappeared in 1991, she was found alive in the summer of 2009.

    become invisible or unnoticeable

  3. (intransitive)To go away; to become lost.

    become less intense and fade away gradually

  4. (euphemistic, often, transitive)To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.

    The Chinese government is well-known for disappearing particularly vocal political dissidents.

    zum Verschwinden bringen, verschwinden lassen

    убира́тьubirátʹ, убра́тьubrátʹ

Examples

838 sentences
  1. The snow has disappeared.

    Сніг зник. — Internecivus

    ruСнег исчез. — odexed

    deDer Schnee ist verschwunden. — Ullalia

  2. She disappeared in the dark.

    Вона зникла в темряві. — deniko

    ruОна исчезла в темноте. — Selena777

    deSie ist in der Dunkelheit verschwunden. — MUIRIEL

  3. What happened after Tom disappeared?

    Що трапилося після того, як Том зник? — deniko

  4. She slowly disappeared into the foggy forest.

    Вона повільно зникала в туманному лісі. — esperanto

    ruОна медленно скрылась в туманном лесу. — Hellerick

  5. Tom disappeared into the tunnel.

    Том зник у тунелі. — deniko

    ruТом исчез в туннеле. — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to vanish:
Русский
By meaning 2
to vanish:
to make vanish:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to vanish:
to make vanish:

Origin

From Middle English disapeeren, equivalent to dis- + appear. Displaced native Old English

From Middle English disapeeren, equivalent to dis- + appear. Displaced native Old English fordwīnan.

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Forms

disappears, disappearing, disappeared, disappeared
Base formdisappear · to disappear
3rd person singulardisappears
Present participledisappearing
Past simpledisappeared
Past participledisappeared

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisappear
he, she, itdisappears

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisappeared

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave disappeared
he, she, ithas disappeared

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill disappear

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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