verb (used without object)
1.
to fly upward, as a bird.
2.
to fly at a great height, without visible movements of the pinions, as a bird.
3.
to glide along at a height, as an airplane.
4.
to rise or ascend to a height, as a mountain.
5.
to rise or aspire to a higher or more exalted level: His hopes soared.
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soar (sɔː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to rise or fly upwards into the air |
| 2. | (of a bird, aircraft, etc) to glide while maintaining altitude by the use of ascending air currents |
| 3. | to rise or increase in volume, size, etc: soaring prices |
| —n | |
| 4. | the act of soaring |
| 5. | the altitude attained by soaring |
| [C14: from Old French essorer, from Vulgar Latin exaurāre (unattested) to expose to the breezes, from Latin | |
| 'soarer | |
| —n | |
| 'soaring | |
| —n, —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
soar
late 14c., from O.Fr. essorer "fly up, soar," from V.L. *exaurare "rise into the air," from L. ex- "out" + aura "breeze, air."
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SOAR definition
1. State, Operator And Result. A general problem-solving production system architecture, intended as a model of human intelligence. Developed by A. Newell in the early 1980s. SOAR was originally implemented in Lisp and OPS5 and is currently implemented in Common Lisp. Version: Soar6.
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["The SOAR Papers", P.S. Rosenbloom et al eds, MIT Press 1993].
(1994-11-04)
2. Smalltalk On A RISC. A RISC microprocessor designed by David Patterson's at Berekeley.
(1994-11-04)
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