Dictionary

disappear en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ (General-American)
• /dɪsəˈpɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪsəˈpiːɹ/ (Scotland)
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Etymology

From Middle English disapeeren, equivalent to dis- + appear. Displaced native Old English fordwīnan. Displaced native Old English cwincan, whose causative persists as quench (“put out (fire)”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To vanish.
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.
3. (intransitive) To go away; to become lost.
   • I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields[…]. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair,[…]. My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
   • A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared. 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
   • Streaks became what separated my "real" friends from the rest of my contacts on the app. I had to maintain snap streaks not because my friends or I wanted to, but because letting it disappear would see that physical quantification of our friendship fall back down to zero. 2017 August 12, Nick Vega, “I just lost a 159-day Snapchat streak and I couldn't be happier”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2018:
4. (euphemistic, often, transitive) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.
   • "It's such an honoring for Native people in this country, when we've been so disappeared and disregarded," Harjo says. 2019 June 19, Lynn Neary, Patrick Jarenwattananon, quoting Joy Harjo, “Joy Harjo Becomes The First Native American U.S. Poet Laureate”, in NPR, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2020:
   • "Did they disappear him?" "I don’t know." "What will you do if they decide to disappear you?" 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “Kid Sister”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 416:
   • Yet after her brother was detained and disappeared by Israeli forces at a checkpoint as he evacuated south months ago, Ms. Nabil, like others, fears moving south. 2024 October 25, Ghada Abdulfattah and Taylor Luck, “Under deadly Israeli siege, north Gaza residents face terrifying ultimatum”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2024:
   • The book centres on Eilish Stack, a scientist, mother of four and wife to a teacher trade unionist who has been disappeared by the secret police. 2023 December 2, Frederick Studemann, “Civilisation is so easily lost”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
   • The Chinese government is well-known for disappearing particularly vocal political dissidents.
   • Now a new hunt is under way to find a grave believed to contain the remains of some of those who were “disappeared” at Colonia Dignidad. 2018 May 2, Marella Oppenheim, “Excavations at Chile torture site offer new hope for relatives of disappeared”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2019:

Forms

Antonyms

appear

Coordinates

suicide

Deriveds

nondisappearing · disappearing carriage · disappearing disease · disappear into thin air · undisappearing · disappearer · disappearess · disappearingly · disappearable · redisappear · disappearing act · up and disappear · disappearing stairs

Relateds

disappearance

Synonyms

perish · dissolve · dematerialize · walk · vanish · perish

Translations (203)

alt јоголор (to vanish) · haw nalowale (to vanish) · izh hukkahua (to vanish) · tk ýok bolmak (to vanish) · hy կորչել (to vanish) · hi ग़ायब होना (to vanish) · yue 唔見 /唔见 (to vanish) · el εξαφανίζομαι (to vanish) · bg изче́звам (to vanish) · nn kverva (to vanish) · tr yok olmak (to vanish) · sh nèstati (to vanish) · sh nèstajati (to vanish) · la aborior (to vanish) · ru исчеза́ть (to vanish) · hy անհետանալ (to vanish) · la extiguor (to make vanish) · sc iscumpàrrere (to vanish) · ms lenyap (to vanish) · lo ຫາຍ (to vanish) · sk zmiznúť (to vanish) · ps تروښېدل (to vanish) · yi פֿאַרשווינדן (to vanish) · mi ririu (to vanish) · sl izginjati (to vanish) · lt prapulti (to vanish) · hy անհետացնել (to make vanish) · hu eltűnik (to vanish) · es desaparecer (to make vanish) · fi hävitä (to vanish) · mi henumi (to vanish) · pt desaparecer (to vanish) · akl waea' (to vanish) · mi nunumi (to vanish) · cs mizet (to vanish) · ru исче́знуть (to vanish) · tr gözden kaybolmak (to vanish) · om baduu (to vanish) · fi kadottaa (to make vanish) · id menghilang (to vanish) · fr faire disparaître (to make vanish) · la vanescō (to vanish) · ota ییتمك (to vanish) · ang fordwīnan (to vanish) · pms svanì (to vanish) · uz yoʻq boʻlmoq (to vanish) · lo ສາບສູນ (to vanish) · pt desaparecer com (to make vanish) · mi whatungarongaro (to vanish) · nb få til å forsvinne (to make vanish) · is hverfa (to vanish) · sc ispàrrere (to vanish) · nrf dispathaître (to vanish) · kmr nepeyda bûn (to vanish) · sq zhdukem (to vanish) · da forsvinde (to vanish) · sv försvinna (to vanish) · mk исчезнува (to vanish) · pl porwać (to abduct) (to make vanish) · ky жок болуу (to vanish) · mn алга болох (to vanish) · az yoxa çıxmaq (to vanish) · qu chinkarpariy (to vanish) · rap garo (to vanish) · pt sumir com (to make vanish) · lv pazust (to vanish) · mn арилах (to vanish) · sk miznúť (to vanish) · de zum Verschwinden bringen (to make vanish) · es desaparecer (to vanish) · sc isparìre (to vanish) · ru пропада́ть (to vanish) · af verdwyn (to vanish) · fi kadota (to vanish) · it sparire (to vanish) · be зні́кнуць (to vanish) · cmn 被消失 (to make vanish) · th สูญ (to vanish) · he הֶעֱלִים (to make vanish) · lt dingti (to vanish) · ru пропа́сть (to vanish) · ur گایب ہونا (to vanish) · grc ἀφανίζομαι (to vanish) · ko 사라지다 (to vanish) · it svanire (to vanish) · io desaparar (to vanish) · pt fazer desaparecer (to make vanish) · he נֶעֱלַם (to vanish) · mi whakanumi (to vanish) · kk жоғалу (to vanish) · cs zmizet (to vanish) · ug يوقالماق (to vanish) · ml അപ്രത്യക്ഷമാക്കുക (to make vanish) · nb forsvinne (to vanish) · hi मिटना (to vanish) · lt nykti (to vanish) · et kaduma (to vanish) · tg гум шудан (to vanish) · pt sumir (to vanish) · da få til at forsvinde (to make vanish) · es desparecer (to vanish) · ca desaparèixer (to vanish) · gl desaparecer (to vanish) · sh нѐстајати (to vanish) · ka გააუჩინარებს (to vanish) · izh hävitä (to vanish) · mi kekero (to vanish) · mn голрох (to vanish) · la excidō (to vanish) · haw hoʻonalowale (to make vanish) · ky жоголуу (to vanish) · it scomparire (to vanish) · mi whakahenumi (to make vanish) · de entschwinden (to vanish) · grc ἀφανίζω (to make vanish) · pl porywać (to abduct) (to make vanish) · arz اختفى (to vanish) · mk исчезне (to vanish) · yi נעלם ווערן (to vanish) · ar أَخْفَى (to make vanish) · vi biến mất (to vanish) · fi hävittää (to make vanish) · lv izgaist (to vanish) · wa disparexhe (to vanish) · fa گم شدن (to vanish) · mi whakangaro (to make vanish) · rm svanir (to vanish) · bg изче́зна (to vanish) · ps غايبېدل (to vanish) · ro dispărea (to vanish) · fr disparaître (to vanish) · es desparecer (to make vanish) · uk зника́ти (to vanish) · sl izginiti (to vanish) · sh нѐстати (to vanish) · la abolescō (to vanish) · th หาย (to vanish) · cmn 被失蹤 /被失踪 (to make vanish) · az yox olmaq (to vanish) · lo ຫາຍໄປ (to vanish) · de verschwinden (to vanish) · yue 消失 (to vanish) · scn spiriri (to vanish) · my ပျောက် (to vanish) · lv zust (to vanish) · mi ngaropoko (to vanish) · jv ngilang (to vanish) · ja 消える (to vanish) · nl verzwinden (to vanish) · my ကွယ်ပျောက် (to vanish) · kmr ji ber çavan çûn (to vanish) · de verschwinden lassen (to make vanish) · nl verdwijnen (to vanish) · km បាត់ (to vanish) · uz yoʻqolmoq (to vanish) · ms hilang (to vanish) · th หายไป (to vanish) · cho kʋnia (to vanish) · id hilang (to vanish) · bn অদৃশ্য হত্তয়া (to vanish) · be зніка́ць (to vanish) · lt pradanginti (to make vanish) · ne बिलाउनु (to vanish) · tt югалырга (to vanish) · nl laten verdwijnen (to make vanish) · nb fjerne (to make vanish) · la evanescō (to vanish) · nn forsvinna (to vanish) · eu desagertu (to vanish) · scn scumpàrriri (to vanish) · mt sparixxa (to vanish) · hy չքանալ (to vanish) · cs zmizet (to make vanish) · nn få til å forsvinna (to make vanish) · ru убира́ть (to make vanish) · ms menghilang (to vanish) · la vanesco (to make vanish) · ru убра́ть (to make vanish) · nn fjerna (to make vanish) · cmn 消失 (to vanish) · sw kutoweka (to vanish) · ps نېهامېدل (to vanish) · fa ناپدید شدن (to vanish) · pl zniknąć (to vanish) · tg нопадид шудан (to vanish) · cmn 滅絕 /灭绝 (to make vanish) · pt fazer sumir (to make vanish) · mi whakaero (to vanish) · ml അപ്രത്യക്ഷമാകുക (to vanish) · uk зни́кнути (to vanish) · izh hävviissä (to vanish) · pl znikać (to vanish) · my ပျောက်ကွယ် (to vanish) · el εξαφανίζω (to make vanish) · la pereō (to vanish) · ar اِخْتَفَى (to vanish) · lo ມະຫັບມະຫາຍ (to vanish) · lo ສູນ (to vanish) · izh hävittää (to make vanish) · eo malaperigi (to make vanish) · sa नश्यति (to vanish) · eo malaperi (to vanish) · la aborior (to make vanish)