verb · formal
soar
/sɔːr/SOAR
task1
to increase very quickly to a high level
Examples
“After the price cut, online orders soared within days.”
“Tourist numbers soared during the summer festival.”
“Demand for vaccines soared after the health warning.”
Band 8 sentence
“Following the promotional campaign, website traffic soared, reaching nearly four times the previous monthly average within a week.”
Collocations
- soar to (a level)
- soar by (a percentage/amount)
- soar dramatically/rapidly
Word family
soaring adjsoared verb (past)
Common mistakes
soared by 50 to 70%→soared from 50% to 70%
a soar in sales→a surge in sales / sales soared
Say it for a higher band
5go up→6rise→7+soar
Synonyms
surge
skyrocket
Easily confused
surge
“Demand for masks surged during the outbreak.”
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