verb [V]
1 [often +adv./prep.] to become impossible to see
SYNVANISH:
The plane disappeared behind a cloud. * Lisa watched until the train disappeared from view.
2 to stop existing
SYNVANISH:
Her nervousness quickly disappeared once she was on stage. * The problem won't just disappear. * Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
3 to be lost or impossible to find
SYNVANISH:
I can never find a pen in this house. They disappear as soon as I buy them. * The child disappeared from his home some time after four.
disappearance noun [U,C]:
the disappearance of many species of plants and animals from our planet * Police are investigating the disappearance of a young woman.
IDIOMS see ACTn., FACEn.
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