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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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Other 51Թ Forms

  • soarer noun
  • soaringly adverb
  • ˈDzԲ noun
  • ˈDz noun
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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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Whether soaring through the sky or sharing a playful moment with his human bestie Hiccup, Toothless, the dark-hued dragon with a friendly face and an injured tail, disarms you with his endearing nature.

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SNP MSP Kevin Stewart said: "The Tories wrecked our economy, presided over soaring household bills and ripped Scotland from the EU against our will."

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Hiccup and Toothless soar above a landscape so littered with distracting details — rocks and sun-dappled waves and scraps of mist — that we long for the simple beauty of a stark black dragon in the sky.

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Supreme Court in 2018 struck down a federal law that had prohibited most states from allowing sports betting, abuse toward athletes from bettors who blame them for their financial losses has soared.

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The first window into the album was “Good Vibrations,” a 3-minute, 35-second song that featured dramatic shifts in tone and mood with Wilson’s distinctive falsetto soaring above it all.

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