embarkation

or em·bar·ca·tion

[ em-bahr-key-shuhn ]

/ ˌɛm bɑrˈkeɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act, process, or an instance of embarking.

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Origin of embarkation

1635–45; <French embarcation<Spanish embarcación.See embark, -ation

OTHER WORDS FROM embarkation

non·em·bar·ka·tion, nounre·em·bar·ka·tion, noun

Words nearby embarkation

embar, embarcadero, embarcation, embargo, embark, embarkation, embarkment, Embarras, embarras de richesses, embarrass, embarrassing

How to use embarkation in a sentence

And, Newtonian physics being Newtonian physics, all five should continue flying forever—spreading ever outward from the embarkation point of our planet, crossing hundreds and then thousands and then uncounted more astronomical units.
After Visiting Pluto, NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Reaches Another Cosmic Milestone|Jeffrey Kluger|April 16, 2021|Time
Alaskan Dream Cruises has already publicly laid out plans, the first of which is to require all guests to have a PCR test within 72 hours of embarkation.
Why 2021 will be the year of the Alaska micro-cruise|Bailey Berg|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
NASA now envisions building a sort of mini space station, known as Gateway, in a permanent lunar orbit that can be used as an embarkation point for trips to and from the lunar surface.
A New Space Pact Seeks to Ensure Peace and Prosperity—on the Moon|Jeffrey Kluger|October 14, 2020|Time
Such is the picture of the hasty embarkation, given by some of the attendants on the royal family.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham

Newton, as soon as his father was settled and his own affairs arranged, called upon his uncle previous to his embarkation.
Newton Forster|Captain Frederick Marryat
But this hour or two of embarkation, in which so much really happened, left little impression on my mind.
The Relief of Mafeking|Filson Young
From the officers' deck the picture of embarkation appeared in outline rather than in detail.
The Relief of Mafeking|Filson Young
The embarkation was made not without difficulty, for the banks were partly flooded and the boat could not get in near enough.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne