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embarkation

embarkation noun: the act of embarking.

embarkation: the act of embarking
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Noun

embarkation (countable and uncountable, plural embarkations)

  1. The act of embarking.
  2. The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
  3. (obsolete) A vessel.

embarkation meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

embarkation in Tamil

கப்பலேறல்

embarkation in Kannada

ಎಗು, ಏರಿಕೆ

embarkation in Indonesian

embarking
embarkasi

Synonyms of embarkation

Forms of embarkation

pluralembarkations

Origin of embarkation

From French embarcation. By surface analysis, embark + -ation.

Words formed from embarkation

Questions about embarkation

What does embarkation mean?
Embarkation means the act of embarking.
What is embarkation in Tamil?
Embarkation in Tamil is கப்பலேறல். See Embarkation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is embarkation?
Embarkation is a noun.
What is the plural of embarkation?
The plural of embarkation is embarkations.

Words near embarkation in the dictionary

  1. embargoing
  2. embargoist
  3. embargoists
  4. embargos
  5. embark
  6. embarkation
  7. embarkations
  8. embarked
  9. embarkee
  10. embarkees
  11. embarker

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: embarkation (page history and authors); embarkation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); embarkation (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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