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embarked

Syllables: em·barkedUK/ɪmˈbɑːkt/US/ɪmˈbɑɹkt/

embarked is the simple past and past participle of embark.

Meaning of embark

Verb (1)

embark (third-person singular simple present embarks, present participle embarking, simple past and past participle embarked)

  1. To go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
    • All passengers please embark now.
  2. To start, begin.
    • Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.
  3. (transitive) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
  4. (transitive) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.
    • He embarked his fortune in trade.

Verb (2)

embark (third-person singular simple present embarks, present participle embarking, simple past and past participle embarked)

  1. (transitive) To cover or enclose with bark.

Words that rhyme with embarked

Questions about embarked

What is embarked the simple past and past participle of?
Embarked is the simple past and past participle of embark.
How do you pronounce embarked?
Embarked is pronounced /ɪmˈbɑɹkt/ (US).

Words near embarked in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: embarked (page history and authors); embark (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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