soar

🇺🇸 /sɔːr/ 🇬🇧 /sɔː(r)/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C2
intransitive verb
C1

to rise very fast

Prices soar when demand is high.

C1

to fly up high smoothly

Birds soar into the sky at dawn.

C1

to stay high in the air

Eagles soar above the mountains.

R

to be very tall

Mountains soar into the clouds.

R

to become higher or louder

Her voice can soar over the music.

translation

vi. to rise very fast; to fly up high smoothly; to stay high in the air; to be very tall; to become higher or louder

Word Forms

3rd Present soars
Progressive soaring
Past soared
Perfect soared