- to rise or fly upwards into the air
- (of a bird, aircraft, etc) to glide while maintaining altitude by the use of ascending air currents
- to rise or increase in volume, size, etc: soaring prices
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
soar /sɔr/USA pronunciation
v. [no object]
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Animal Behaviorto fly upward, such as a bird.
- to rise to a higher or more exalted level:His hopes soared.
n. [countable]
- an act or instance of soaring.
soar
(sôr, sōr),USA pronunciation v.i.
n.
soar′er, n.
soar′ing•ly, adv.
- Animal Behaviorto fly upward, as a bird.
- Animal Behaviorto fly at a great height, without visible movements of the pinions, as a bird.
- to glide along at a height, as an airplane.
- to rise or ascend to a height, as a mountain.
- to rise or aspire to a higher or more exalted level:His hopes soared.
n.
- an act or instance of soaring.
- the height attained in soaring.
- Vulgar Latin *exaurāre, equivalent. to Latin ex- ex-1 + aur(a) air + -āre infinitive suffix
- Middle French essorer
- Middle English soren 1325–75
soar′ing•ly, adv.
- 1. See fly 1. 4. tower; mount.
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soar /sɔː/ vb (intransitive)