embark [ em-bahrk ] SHOW IPA
/ ɛmˈbɑrk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
verb (used without object)
to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.
to start an enterprise, business, etc.
verb (used with object)
to put or receive on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.
to involve (someone) in an enterprise.
to venture or invest (something) in an enterprise.
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Origin of embark 1540–50; <Middle French
embarquer <Spanish
embarcar, equivalent to
em- em-1 +
-barcar, verbal derivative of
barca bark3
OTHER WORDS FROM embark re·em·bark, verb
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How to use embark in a sentence The author, Jon Mooallem, made the point that it was a good moment for humility and perspective-taking in America, and for that reason he was embark ing on a pilgrimage to encounter lives older and grander than his own.
Instead, Corliss has embark ed on a journey into the depths of his own troubled mind.
Along with Spitkovsky and Fiuza, Park is among more than a dozen scientists involved in the Astrophysical Collisionless Shock Experiments with Lasers collaboration, or ACSEL, the quest Park embark ed upon a decade ago.
If there’s any hesitation about the risky adventure they’re about to embark on, it’s well hidden.
For now, the researchers want to understand what cues plasma cells follow in the guts to know it is time for them to embark on a journey to the brain.
TLC promptly pulled the plug on the hit series and Shannon embark ed on a press tour denying the claims.
The company soon embark ed on a refurbishment of Easter Elchies, opening to the public in 1985.
Dubs embark ed on his investigation after discovering the name “Liqian” translated to the ancient Chinese word for Rome.
When Ryan Simonetti and two of his colleagues embark ed on an Uber trip in Washington, D.C., they got more than they bargained for.
In the late 1970s, Merritt had embark ed on a string of criminal activity that would continue regularly for a decade.
We embark ed on the evening of the 28th of June, and weighed anchor before daybreak of the 29th.
Instead of this, he embark ed the money in some Utopian scheme for pearl fishing at Panama, and lost all!
He embark ed upon a clear and technical explanation, but when he had said a very few words, she stopped him.
Wood may be cut close to the beach, and embark ed without impediment.
I looked to the priming of my pistols, and embark ed very tranquilly on the evening of the 12th of July.
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British Dictionary definitions for embark
verb
to board (a ship or aircraft)
(intr; usually foll by on or upon) to commence or engage (in) a new project, venture, etc
Derived forms of embark embarkation , noun embarkment , noun Word Origin for embark C16: via French from Old Provençal embarcar, from em- + barca boat, barque
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