soar
/sɔr/
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Type
Verb
Meaning
To fly high in the air without moving wings or using engine power.
A solitary hawk soared effortlessly above the rocky canyon.
Can gliders soar without strong thermal currents?
To increase rapidly to a significantly higher level or amount.
Housing costs soared across the metropolitan region over the past decade.
Temperatures will soar into the nineties by tomorrow afternoon.
To rise to great heights physically or architecturally.
The cathedral's granite spires soar into the cloudless blue sky.
Glass skyscrapers soar above the bustling financial district.
How it's used
This means “increase quickly to a high level”
- soar to a record high
- soar by 20 percent
“soar.”
Prices soared during the summer months.
Collocations
- soar above
- soar into the sky
- prices soar
- temperatures soar
- profits soar
- spirits soar