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embark
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb embark has 3 senses
- embark(v = verb.motion) ship - go on board; Array is one way to board, get on
- embark(v = verb.change) enter - set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career" is one way to begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out
- embark(v = verb.social) venture - proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" is one way to go, move, proceed
Antonym: disembark
Derived form noun embarkment1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
embark, v. t. [F. embarquer; pref. em- (L. in) + barque bark: cf. Sp. embarcar, It. imbarcare. See Bark. a vessel.].
- To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard. [1913 Webster]
- To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. [1913 Webster]"It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation." [1913 Webster]
embark, v. i.
- To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon. [1913 Webster]
- To engage in any affair. [1913 Webster]"Slow to embark in such an undertaking." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
embark, v.
1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by for) put or go on board a ship or aircraft (to a destination).
2 intr. (foll. by on, upon) engage in an activity or undertaking.
1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by for) put or go on board a ship or aircraft (to a destination).
2 intr. (foll. by on, upon) engage in an activity or undertaking.
Derivative
embarkation n. (in sense 1).
Etymology
F embarquer (as IN-(2), BARK(3))
THESAURUS
embark
air-express, airfreight, airmail, assume, begin, board, commence, consign, dispatch, drop a letter, embark on, embus, emplane, engage in, enplane, enter, enter upon, entrain, expedite, export, express, forward, freight, get off, get under way, go aboard, go into, go off soundings, go on board, go on shipboard, go to sea, have way upon, initiate, jump off, launch, mail, open, post, push off, put off, put to sea, remit, sail, sail away, send, send away, send forth, send off, set about, set to, ship, shove off, start, tackle, take on, take ship, take up, transmit, weigh anchorROGET THESAURUS
embark
Journey
VB travel, journey, course, take a journey, go a journey, take a walk, go out for walk, have a run, take the air, flit, take wing, migrate, emigrate, trek, rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse, scour the country, traverse the country, peragrate, circumambulate, perambulate, nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle, gad, gad about, expatiate, walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare, promenade, trudge, tramp, stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle, paddle, tread a path, take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole, gallop, embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway, peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on, stir one's stumps, bend one's steps, bend one's course, make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way, slide, glide, coast, skim, skate, march in procession, file on, defile, go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.Transference
VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.Departure
VB depart, go away, take one's departure, set out, set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off, start, issue, march out, debouch, go forth, sally forth, sally, set forward, be gone, hail from, leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon, go off the stage, make one's exit, retire, withdraw, remove, vamoose, vamose, go one's way, go along, go from home, take flight, take wing, spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight, fly away, whip away, embark, go on board, go aboard, set sail' put to sea, go to sea, sail, take ship, hoist blue Peter, get under way, weigh anchor, strike tents, decamp, walk one's chalks, cut one's stick, take leave, say good bye, bid goodbye, disappear, abscond, entrain, inspan.
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