Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soaring

/sˈɔɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: soar-ing
IPA: /sˈɔɹɪŋ/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of soar

noun

The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.

adj

assurgent, ascending

Example Sentences

"Soaring fuel prices make U.S. energy policy one of the hottest issues of the presidential campaign https://web.archive.org/web/20090207211354/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/election/s_574218.html."

Inflected Forms

soarings (plural) more soaring (comparative) most soaring (superlative)

Derived Forms

soaringly

Synonyms

eminent lofty towering glide gliding sailplaning sailing

Rhymes With

boring scoring exploring ignoring pouring restoring storing roaring flooring snoring warring adoring

Questions

How do you pronounce soaring?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɔɹɪŋ/.
What does soaring mean?: present participle and gerund of soar

How to pronounce soaring

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