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soar

[ sawr, sohr ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to fly upward, as a bird.
  2. to fly at a great height, without visible movements of the pinions, as a bird.
  3. to glide along at a height, as an airplane.
  4. to rise or ascend to a height, as a mountain.

    Synonyms: ,

  5. to rise or aspire to a higher or more exalted level:

    His hopes soared.



noun

  1. an act or instance of soaring.
  2. the height attained in soaring.

soar

/ ɔː /

verb

  1. to rise or fly upwards into the air
  2. (of a bird, aircraft, etc) to glide while maintaining altitude by the use of ascending air currents
  3. to rise or increase in volume, size, etc

    soaring prices

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act of soaring
  2. the altitude attained by soaring
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԲ, nounadjective
  • ˈDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Dzİ noun
  • DziԲ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of soar1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English soren, from Middle French essorer, from unattested Vulgar Latin 油ܰ, equivalent to Latin ex- ex- 1 + aur(a) “air” + - infinitive suffix
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of soar1

C14: from Old French essorer, from Vulgar Latin 油ܰ (unattested) to expose to the breezes, from Latin ex- 1+ aura a breeze
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Synonym Study

See fly 2.
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Farmers were hammered by retaliatory tariffs during Trump’s first term as badly as the rest of us will be damaged in his second; farm bankruptcies soared, as did Farm Belt suicides.

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If home prices are soaring and there’s stiff competition for properties, staying put and renovating might be the way to go.

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The tenancy contracts last five years, during which time rent is fixed, but this area of central Madrid has seen housing costs soar in recent years.

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The “Common Side Effects” writers go to admirable lengths to explain why a cure-all mushroom could be hazardous; violence would soar, the medicine could fall into the wrong hands, evildoers would never die.

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In a rug pull, insiders buy up a large share of meme coin tokens in advance and then dump them after the price soars, leaving regular investors with tokens that are essentially worthless.

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