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embarks

embarks is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

Questions about embarks

What is embarks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Embarks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of embark.

Words near embarks in the dictionary

  1. embarketh
  2. embarking
  3. embarkings
  4. embarkment
  5. embarkments
  6. embarks
  7. embarn
  8. embarned
  9. embarning
  10. embarns
  11. embarras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: embarks (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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