disappear

Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb get lost, as without warning or explanation
  2. verb become invisible or unnoticeable
  3. verb cease to exist

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)”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

vanish, go away

Semantic network

Narrower (hyponyms)
fall, fade, skip town, die out, evanesce, die
Opposite (antonyms)
appear

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