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# soar

«soar» in Mova's school dictionary: **to fly high in the air, often gliding without flapping…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (soar, soars, soared, soaring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To soar is to fly high in the air, often gliding without flapping much: eagles soar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soar/#m1)

2) To soar is to rise very quickly to a high level: prices soared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soar/#m2)

3) To soar can mean to rise up tall: mountains soaring above the valley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soar/#m3)

4) If your spirits or hopes soar, you suddenly feel very happy and hopeful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soar/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Nature: eagles, hawks and gliders soar on rising warm air. Maths and the news: «temperatures soared to 40°C», «sales soared» means numbers went up a lot and fast. Stories: «her heart soared» shows great joy. Phrases: «soar to», «soaring prices».

### examples

- The eagle soared above the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soar/#x1)
- Temperatures soared during the heatwave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soar/#x2)
- The kite soared into the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soar/#x3)
- Food prices have soared this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soar/#x4)
- My heart soared when I saw my name on the team list. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soar/#x5)
- The cliffs soared above the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soar/#x6)
- The ball soared over the goalkeeper's head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soar/#x7)
- Does the lark soar as high as ever? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soar/#x8)

### note

Homophone trap: «soar» (fly high) sounds like «sore» (painful) and, for many people, «saw». In maths problems, «soared» means increased by a large amount, but it does not tell you the exact number.

### In the corpora

- [In autumn they fly about 10,000 kilometres to Africa, soaring on rising warm air instead of flapping.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa/5/)
- [Doth the hawk soar by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1086/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «soar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.