消える — meaning in English

English meaning

• disappear verb To vanish from sight; to stop being visible.
• extinct adjective No longer existing, especially referring to a species that has died out entirely.
• go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
• vanish verb To disappear suddenly, or to go out of sight without being noticed.

Senses

消える is used for these senses in English:

• extinct (dated) Of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched.
• go To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
• vanish (intransitive) To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.

disappear — full definition

1. verb To vanish from sight; to stop being visible.
2. verb To go missing, especially suddenly and without explanation.
3. verb (transitive, informal) To make someone vanish, especially by abducting or killing them for political reasons.

extinct — full definition

1. adjective No longer existing, especially referring to a species that has died out entirely.
2. adjective No longer active, especially referring to a volcano.

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