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{
"term": "soar",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "soar",
"heSheIt": "soars"
},
"pastSimple": "soared",
"pastParticiple": "soared",
"ingForm": "soaring"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "if the value, amount or level of something soars, it rises very quickly",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**soaring costs/prices/temperatures**"
},
{
"text": "Air pollution will soon soar above safety levels."
},
{
"text": "Unemployment has soared to 18 per cent."
},
{
"text": "Soaring costs have made progress difficult."
},
{
"text": "Borrowing is set to soar to an astonishing £60 billion."
},
{
"text": "Inflation has soared from 5 per cent to 15 per cent."
},
{
"text": "Profits have soared dramatically in recent months."
},
{
"text": "Property stock has soared to new heights."
},
{
"text": "Retail sales soared by 10 per cent in the twelve months to November."
},
{
"text": "The death toll soared past 100 000."
},
{
"text": "The fuel shortage sent prices soaring."
},
{
"text": "This model will soar up the sales charts."
}
],
"synonyms": "rocket",
"topics": ["Money"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["dramatically"],
"verb + soar": ["be expected to", "be set to"],
"preposition": ["by", "from", "to"],
"phrases": ["send something soaring", "soar to new heights"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to rise quickly and smoothly up into the air",
"sensetop": "soar (up) (into something)",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The rocket soared (up) into the air."
},
{
"text": "Her spirits soared *(= she became very happy and excited)*."
},
{
"text": "The plane was soon soaring up into the sky."
},
{
"text": "The ball went soaring past my head."
},
{
"text": "She stopped suddenly and her bag went soaring through the air."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by air"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["high", "overhead", "up"],
"preposition": ["above", "across", "into"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to fly very high in the air or remain high in the air",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an eagle soaring high above the cliffs"
},
{
"text": "A buzzard soared high overhead."
},
{
"text": "The jets soared above us."
}
],
"topics": ["Birds"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["high", "overhead", "up"],
"preposition": ["above", "across", "into"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to be very high or tall",
"examples": [
{
"text": "soaring mountains"
},
{
"text": "The building soared above us."
},
{
"text": "The cliffs soared upward."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["high", "overhead", "up"],
"preposition": ["above", "across", "into"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "when music soars, it becomes higher or louder",
"examples": [
{
"text": "soaring strings"
},
{
"text": "Her voice would soar over the orchestra with little effort."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sɔː(r)/",
"audio": "so/soar/soar__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sɔːz/",
"audio": "so/soar/soars__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sɔːd/",
"audio": "so/soar/soared__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɔːrɪŋ/",
"audio": "so/soar/soaring__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/sɔːr/",
"audio": "so/soar/soar__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sɔːrz/",
"audio": "so/soar/soars__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/sɔːrd/",
"audio": "so/soar/soared__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɔːrɪŋ/",
"audio": "so/soar/soaring__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: shortening of Old French essorer, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + aura ‘breeze’."
}