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soar
[sawr, sohr]
verb (used without object)
to fly upward, as a bird.
to fly at a great height, without visible movements of the pinions, as a bird.
to glide along at a height, as an airplane.
to rise or ascend to a height, as a mountain.
to rise or aspire to a higher or more exalted level.
His hopes soared.
noun
an act or instance of soaring.
the height attained in soaring.
soar
/ sɔː /
verb
to rise or fly upwards into the air
(of a bird, aircraft, etc) to glide while maintaining altitude by the use of ascending air currents
to rise or increase in volume, size, etc
soaring prices
noun
the act of soaring
the altitude attained by soaring
Other Word Forms
- soarer noun
- soaringly adverb
- soaring noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of soar1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The heart of the concert was the stunning one-two punch of “Casual” into “The Subway,” Roan’s most grandly emotional ballads, in which her voice soared with what seemed like total effortlessness.
Bird flu has already cost America billions — and if it mutates to allow for human-to-human transmission, the cost could soar into the hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars.
Beneath the towering, neon-lit billboards of Times Square, six of the world's top long jumpers are soaring through the air, turning one of New York's most iconic streets into an unlikely athletics stage.
But what is especially striking is the contrast between the current economy and that of the 1990s—a contrast most evident in the divergent performance of gold, which soured back then and is soaring now.
Sunny quarterly results from Delta Air Lines DAL -3.51%decrease; red down pointing triangle sent air carrier stocks soaring on Thursday.
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