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verb
- 1. go on board a ship or aircraft: "he embarked for India in 1817" Similar Opposite
- 2. begin (a course of action): "she embarked on a new career" Similar
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verb [ I ] us / ɪmˈbɑrk / Add to word list. to go on to a ship or an aircraft: We embarked at Miami for our Caribbean cruise.
The meaning of EMBARK is to go on board a vehicle for transportation. How to use embark in a sentence.
When you embark on something, you are starting it — and it's exciting. You might embark on a new career or embark on a trip to the Galapagos Islands. You wouldn't embark on a trip to the grocery store. The verb embark can be used specifically to refer to boarding a ship for a journey.
Embark definition: to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.. See examples of EMBARK used in a sentence.
The flight crew embarked and the plane took off. [ T ] to put goods or passengers onto a ship, aircraft, or train: The ship had an electrical hoist which allowed cars to be embarked and disembarked in all tidal conditions.
Definition of embark verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To go aboard a vessel or aircraft, as at the start of a journey. 2. To set out on a venture; commence: embark on a world tour. [French embarquer, from Late Old French, probably from Medieval Latin imbarcāre : Latin in-, in- + barca, boat; see bark3.] em′bar·ka′tion, em·bark′ment n.
If you embark on something new, difficult, or exciting, you start doing it. He's embarking on a new career as a writer. American English : embark / ɪmˈbɑrk /
EMBARK definition: to get on a ship, boat, or aircraft to begin a journey. Learn more.
Definitions of 'embark'. 1. If you embark on something new, difficult, or exciting, you start doing it. [...] 2. When someone embarks on a ship, they go on board before the start of a journey. [...] More.
