{
    "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’."
}