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• soar — [so: US so:r] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(amounts/prices etc)¦ 2¦(in the sky)¦ 3¦(spirits/hopes)¦ 4¦(look tall)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: essorer, from [i]Vulgar Latin exaurare, from Latin aura air ] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• soar — [ sɔr ] verb intransitive * 1. ) to quickly increase to a high level: Unemployment has soared. 2. ) to fly high in the sky: An eagle was soaring overhead. a ) to rise quickly into the air: The little plane suddenly soared upwards. b ) LITERARY to …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• soar */ — UK [sɔː(r)] / US [sɔr] verb [intransitive] Word forms soar : present tense I/you/we/they soar he/she/it soars present participle soaring past tense soared past participle soared 1) to quickly increase to a high level Unemployment has soared. 2)… …   English dictionary

• soar´er — soar «sr, sohr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to fly at a great height; fly upward: »to soar over the ocean. The hawk soared without flapping its wings. 2. a) to rise up to a great height; tower above that which is near: »a soaring skyscraper or mountain …   Useful english dictionary

• Soar — Soar, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Soared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soaring}.] [F. s essorer to soar, essorer to dry (by exposing to the air), fr. L. ex out + aura the air, a breeze; akin to Gr. ?????.] 1. To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• soar — [sôr] vi. [ME soren < OFr essorer, to expose (wings) to the air, hence soar, as a falcon < VL * exaurare < L ex , out + aura, air: see AURA] 1. to rise or fly high into the air 2. to fly, sail, or glide along high in the air 3. to glide… …   English World dictionary

• soar — ► VERB 1) fly or rise high into the air. 2) maintain height in the air by gliding. 3) increase rapidly above the usual level. ORIGIN shortening of Old French essorer, from Latin ex out of + aura breeze …   English terms dictionary

• soar — verb 1 increase very fast ADVERB ▪ dramatically ▪ Profits have soared dramatically in recent months. VERB + SOAR ▪ be expected to, be set to ▪ Borrowing is set …   Collocations dictionary

• soar — 01. The eagle [soared] through the sky. 02. Interest rates are [soaring], and housing sales are going down as a result. 03. Shares have [soared] on the stock exchange since the announcement of the merger. 04. [Soaring] unemployment has been a… …   Grammatical examples in English

• soar — verb (I) 1 AMOUNTS/PRICES ETC to increase quickly to a high level: The temperature soared to 90 degrees. | Health care costs continue to soar. 2 IN THE SKY a) to fly, especially very high up in the sky, floating on air currents b) to go quickly… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Soar — This interesting surname is English but of pre 7th century Old French origin. It belongs to that sizeable group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These nicknames were originally given with… …   Surnames reference