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embarking

embarking is the present participle and gerund 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.

Noun

embarking (plural embarkings)

  1. An embarkation.

Forms of embarking

pluralembarkings

Questions about embarking

What does embarking mean?
Embarking means an embarkation.
What is embarking the present participle and gerund of?
Embarking is the present participle and gerund of embark.
What part of speech is embarking?
Embarking is a noun.
What is the plural of embarking?
The plural of embarking is embarkings.

Words near embarking in the dictionary

  1. embarkees
  2. embarker
  3. embarkers
  4. embarkest
  5. embarketh
  6. embarking
  7. embarkings
  8. embarkment
  9. embarkments
  10. embarks
  11. embarn

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Adapted from Wiktionary: embarking (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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