soar
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French s'essorer (“‘to soar’”), essorer (“‘to dry (by exposing to the air)’”), from Latin ex (“‘out’”) + aura (“‘the air, a breeze’”) from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aura), “‘breath’”). Compare aura, and exhale.
[edit] Pronunciation
- enPR: sô(r), IPA: /sɔː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /sO:(r)/
- Homophones: sore, saw (in non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
[edit] Verb
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to soar (third-person singular simple present soars, present participle soaring, simple past and past participle soared)
- To fly aloft with little effort, as a bird.
- When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. Byron.
- To mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
- To fly by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
- To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
- The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.
- (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
- Where the deep transported mind may soar. John Milton.
- Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune. Joseph Addison
[edit] Translations
to fly aloft with little effort
to mount upward on wings
to fly by means of a glider
to rise rapidly or high
to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
[edit] Noun
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soar (plural soars)
- The act of soaring.
- This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
- An upward flight.
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[edit] References
- soar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Etymology
Latin sonare
[edit] Verb
soar
- make a sound
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb soar
Notes:
| Singular | Plural | |||||
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| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele/ela/você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles/elas/vocês) |
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| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | soar | |||||
| Personal | soar | soares | soar | soarmos | soardes | soarem |
| Present participle | ||||||
| soando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | soado | soados | ||||
| Feminine | soada | soadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | soo Obsolete: sôo |
soas | soa | soamos | soais | soam |
| Imperfect | soava | soavas | soava | soávamos | soáveis | soavam |
| Preterite | soei | soaste | soou | soamos soámos |
soastes | soaram |
| Pluperfect | soara | soaras | soara | soáramos | soáreis | soaram |
| Future | soarei | soarás | soará | soaremos | soareis | soarão |
| Conditional | soaria | soarias | soaria | soaríamos | soaríeis | soariam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | soe | soes | soe | soemos | soeis | soem |
| Imperfect | soasse | soasses | soasse | soássemos | soásseis | soassem |
| Future | soar | soares | soar | soarmos | soardes | soarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | soe | soa | soe | soemos | soai | soem |
| Negative (não) | soe | soes | soe | soemos | soeis | soem |