embark
verb (used without object)
to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.
embarked
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past participleof embark.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof embark.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
embarkverb (used without object)to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.
Example Sentences
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The “potential” of this Albanian island, called Sazan, is to become a luxury villa resort, and Trump has embarked upon this real estate project with her husband, Jared Kushner.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
By then, however, Dewan had already embarked on a new chapter in Encino—settling into the property she described as the family’s long-awaited “home base.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
It is thought that at least a quarter of a million wolves once roamed from coast to coast before European settlers embarked on campaigns of eradication that endured into the 20th century.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Burnham has embarked on what Downing Street called a "summer tour" of the UK, appeared on podcasts and announced a series of eye-catching policies, mainly aimed at tackling the cost of living.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Zola himself also embarked upon a project as vast and all-encompassing as Wagner’s Ring, a twenty-book epic called Les Rougon-Macquart, which follows the fortunes of a family living in mid-nineteenth-century France.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
