DISAPPEARED Definition & Meaning

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disappeared

[ dis-uh-peerd ]

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adjective

having vanished from sight or existence:
Right this minute, the only thing I want to do is to find a way to recover my disappeared phone photos.
The museum displays tools and artifacts from an almost disappeared culture, known only from one archaeological site.
(of a person) having vanished under suspicious or unknown circumstances:
Family members of the disappeared persons were denied the right to any effective remedy, including the right to know the fate of their loved ones.

noun

(used with a plural verb)

none the disappeared. people, especially political opponents, who have vanished under suspicious or unknown circumstances, or without due process of law:
The determination of the parents, grandparents, and—most recently—children of the disappeared is finally putting dictators, torturers, and their accomplices behind bars.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of disappear ( def ).

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of disappeared¹

First recorded in 1400–50 as a verb: disappear ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ), and in 1640–50 as an adjective: disappear ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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But homemade mayonnaise hasn’t disappeared from my repertoire.

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Ostensibly, the narrator is going to Arkansas because their mom has asked them to come and help her find their father, who has disappeared again.

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Both say these symptoms have improved, but some haven’t fully disappeared.

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Then, without a word, he disappeared for more than a year to go backpacking around Europe.

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They said they had heard shouts and screams and other children who were playing had said a girl had disappeared in the water and they could not find her.

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