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Embark Common

Embark has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

go on board

"The captain asked all passengers to line up and embark onto the lifeboats immediately as the alarm began to sound."

2

set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)

"she embarked upon a new career"

3

proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

"We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"

4

To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.

"The family waited at the dock to embark on their cruise ship for a week-long vacation in the Caribbean."

Related Terms
Antonyms
debark
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
board get down go
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
emplane take up
Rhyming Words
ark park sark fark dark tark jark nark yark mark cark lark bark wark hark smark quark chark glark roark
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