Past tense of embark
regular verb
The past tense of embark is embarked. The past participle is also embarked.
Forms of embark
| Base form (V1) | embark /ɪmˈbɑːk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | embarked /ɪmˈbɑɹkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | embarked /ɪmˈbɑɹkt/ |
| Present participle | embarking |
| Third person singular | embarks |
Embarked 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
- Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.
- We embarked on a publicity blitz, putting posters and flyers all around town.From the entry blitz
- I embarked on a trawl through my uncle's papers in search of his missing will.From the entry trawl
- After completing my undergraduate studies, I embarked on a career in publishing.From the entry undergraduate
Meaning of embark
- verb To go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
- verb To start, begin.
- verb To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
Questions about the past tense of embark
- What is the past tense of embark?
- The past tense of embark is embarked.
- What is the past participle of embark?
- The past participle of embark is embarked.
- Is embark a regular or irregular verb?
- Embark is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: embark (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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