disappearing

dis-ap-pear-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    In the process of ceasing to be visible.

  2. 2.

    In the process of becoming extinct or obsolete.

  3. 3.

    Gradually becoming less visible or less common.

Related words

Antonyms: appearing, emerging
See also: disappear, disappeared, vanishing
Synonyms: dissolving, fading, vanishing

Etymology

Present participle of disappear, from Latin dis- meaning "away" + apparere meaning "to appear."