disappear

/ˌdɪsəˈpɪr/

verbdis · ap · pear

It doesn’t just go away—it goes away twice: dis + a + pear (like a pear that disappears).

Yes, it's disappear. Remember the double letters: one S in "dis-" and double P in "-appear" → dis + appear.

Definitions

  1. verbto stop being visible; to vanish
  2. verbto go away or become impossible to find

Examples

  • The rabbit seemed to disappear into the tall grass.
  • My missing sock will probably disappear again in the laundry.
  • The fog began to disappear as the sun warmed the valley.

Synonyms

vanishfadego awayevaporatedissolve

Antonyms

appearemerge

Translations

ES desaparecerPT desaparecerFR disparaître

Common misspellings

disapeardissapeardisappearrrdisapperdisapearrdisappppeardisappeer

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