Disappear combines with different prepositions depending on movement, location, or the point of disappearance.
Use disappear from for the place something leaves. Use disappear into for movement toward an enclosed space. Use disappear in for surroundings that hide someone or something.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
From identifies the location or source where something was last present.
Into suggests motion toward the inside of a place or space.
In describes the environment where someone or something can no longer be seen.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Into usually suggests motion toward an enclosed or defined space.
✕ The stars disappeared into the fog. ✓ The stars disappeared in the fog.From marks the place left behind, not the hiding environment.
✕ The plane disappeared from the clouds. ✓ The plane disappeared in the clouds.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Disappear into suggests movement. Disappear in focuses on surroundings that hide something.
Yes. You can say disappear from memory or disappear from public discussion.
Usually, but it can also be figurative, as in disappear into history.
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