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# disappear

verb (disappear, disappears, disappeared, disappearing); noun disappearance

«disappear» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To disappear means to go out of sight so that you can no longer be seen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappear/#m1)
2. To disappear means to stop existing or to be lost: the dinosaurs disappeared long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappear/#m2)
3. If something disappears, it may have been taken or lost and cannot be found. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappear/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science things seem to disappear but often change form: sugar disappears in water (dissolves) but is still there; a puddle disappears because the water evaporates. In stories, disappearing is magic or mystery: a disappearing coin, a missing character. In safety lessons, if a friend or little child disappears from view, tell an adult straight away. Phrases: disappear from view, disappear into thin air, a disappearing act, vanish.

### Examples

- The sun disappeared behind a cloud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappear/#x1)
- My pencil has disappeared again! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappear/#x2)
- The rabbit disappeared down a hole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappear/#x3)
- Sugar seems to disappear when you stir it into tea, but it's still there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappear/#x4)
- The puddles disappeared after the sun came out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappear/#x5)
- Many kinds of animals are disappearing because their homes are destroyed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappear/#x6)
- The magician made the coin disappear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappear/#x7)
- If your little brother disappears in a shop, tell a member of staff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappear/#x8)
- Then they finished dressing and disappeared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappear/#x9)

### Note

Spelling: one «s», two «p»: dis-ap-pear. Regular: disappeared. «Disappear» does not take an object: «the coin disappeared», but «the magician made the coin disappear». Opposite: appear. In science «disappear» usually means changed or hidden, not destroyed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disappear» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disappear/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disappear» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disappear.html) on Mova free.