NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases part 19. The small but very concise NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases offers 6,000 basic and common English words plus 6,000 basic and common English idioms and phrases. You will find this portable title essential in the classroom, at home, or traveling, when you need help to recall word and phrase meanings. | disappear disappear dis @ pi 1. iv. to vanish to cease to appear to go out of sight. 2. iv. to cease to exist in a place to be no longer in a place. disappoint dis @ point tv. to fail to please someone to make someone unhappy by not doing something that was expected or desired to make someone unhappy by not being or happening as expected or desired. disapproval dis @ pruv @l n. rejection the failure to give approval to someone or something unfavorable opinion. No plural. disapprove of someone or something dis @ pruv. not to approve of someone or something to have a bad opinion of someone or something. disc Go to DISK. discharge 1. dis tjards n. the sound of an explosion the firing of a gun. 2. dis tjards n. the release of someone or something especially when this requires official approval. 3. dis tjards n. the carrying out of one s duties the performance of one s duties. No plural. 4. dis tjards n. giving something off releasing something. 5. dis tjards n. something that is given off something that is let out. 6. dis tjards tv. to fire a gun to cause an explosion. 7. dis tjards tv. to dismiss someone from employment. 8. dis tjards tv. to let something out to pour something out. 9. dis tjards tv. to do one s duty to keep a promise to repay a debt. discipline dis @ plin 1. n. controlled behavior achieved as the result of training order. Plural only for types and instances. 2. n. a field or branch of learning. 3. tv. to punish someone. 4. tv. to train someone or something to behave properly to train someone or something to be obedient. discomfort dis kAm f t 1. n. an uncomfortable feeling. Plural only for types and instances. 2. n. something that causes an uncomfortable feeling. discover di skAv tv. to find something for the first time to become aware of something for the first time to find out for the first time how something functions or happens. The object can be a clause with that @. discovery di skAv @ ri 1. n. an instance of discovering something. 2. n. someone
