embark
Syllables: em·bark/ɪmˈbɑːk/US/ɪmˈbɑɹk/
embark verb: to go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
Verb (1)
embark (third-person singular simple present embarks, present participle embarking, simple past and past participle embarked)
- To go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
- All passengers please embark now.
- [S]ee them embarqued; / And tell me if the VVinds and Seas befriend them.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 58
- To start, begin.
- Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.
- "This is uncommonly nice of you, Nora," he said, before she had had the chance to embark on any explanation; […]1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
- To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
- Synonyms:
- board, make sail, take shipping
- To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.
- He embarked his fortune in trade.
- It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
Verb (2)
embark (third-person singular simple present embarks, present participle embarking, simple past and past participle embarked)
embark meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
embark in Tamil
- கப்பலேறு, கப்பல் ஏறு, தொடங்கு
embark in Bengali
- কোন কিছু জাহাজে তোলা, কোন কাজ আরম্ভ করা
embark in Malayalam
- ചരക്ക് കപ്പലേറ്റുക, വാഹനത്തിലേറി യാത്രതിരിക്കുക, എന്തെങ്കിലും ആരംഭിക്കുക
embark in Kannada
- ತೊಡಗು
More languagesFewer languages
- embark in Arabic
- صَعِدَ ṣaʕida
- embark in Vietnamese
- lên tàu
Examples of embark in a sentence
- There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
- Nor seek to get his patron's favour, by embarking himself in the factions of the family; to enquire after domestic simulties, their sports or affections.1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter:
Synonyms of embark
Antonyms
Forms of embark
| third-person singular present | embarks |
|---|---|
| present participle | embarking |
| past participle | embarked |
| past | embarked |
Origin of embark
Borrowed from Middle French embarquer, from em- + barque (“small ship”). Compare with Portuguese embarcar, Spanish abarcar.
From em- + bark.
Words formed from embark
Words that rhyme with embark
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Questions about embark
- What does embark mean?
- Embark means to go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
- What is embark in Tamil?
- Embark in Tamil is கப்பலேறு, கப்பல் ஏறு, தொடங்கு. See Embark meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use embark in a sentence?
- There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
- What part of speech is embark?
- Embark is a verb.
- How do you pronounce embark?
- Embark is pronounced /ɪmˈbɑːk/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of embark?
- The past tense of embark is embarked.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: embark (page history and authors); embark (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); embark (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); embark (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); embark (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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