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embark — em‧bark [ɪmˈbɑːk ǁ ɑːrk] verb [intransitive] TRAVEL if passengers embark, they get on a ship or plane: • Passengers should assemble in the lounge before embarking. * * * embark UK US /ɪmˈbɑːk/ verb ► [I] to go onto a ship, aircraft, or train:… … Financial and business terms
Embark — Em*bark , v. i. 1. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon. [1913 Webster] 2. To engage in any affair. [1913 Webster] Slow to embark in such an undertaking. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
embark — ► VERB 1) go on board a ship or aircraft. 2) (embark on/upon) begin (a new project or course of action). DERIVATIVES embarkation noun. ORIGIN French embarquer, from barque bark, ship … English terms dictionary
Embark — Em*bark , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embarking}.] [F. embarquer; pref. em (L. in) + barque bark: cf. Sp. embarcar, It. imbarcare. See {Bark}. a vessel.] 1. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
embark — I verb auspicate, begin, commence, conscendere, engage in an enterprise, enter, enter upon, get under way, go into, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, make a beginning, originate, plunge into, rationem inire, set out, start, start out, take … Law dictionary
embark on — index commence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
embark — 1540s, from M.Fr. embarquer, from em (see EN (Cf. en ) (1)) + barque small ship (see BARK (Cf. bark) (n.)). Related: Embarked; embarking … Etymology dictionary
embark on — [v] begin undertaking, journey broach, commence, engage, enter, get off, initiate, jump off, launch, open, plunge into, set about, set out, set to, start, take up, tee off*; concepts 100,221 … New thesaurus
embark — [em bärk′, imbärk′] vt. [Fr embarquer < Sp or OProv embarcar < em (L in ) + L barca, BARK3] 1. to put or take (passengers or goods) aboard a ship, aircraft, etc. 2. to engage (a person) or invest (money, etc.) in an enterprise vi. 1. to go… … English World dictionary
embark — v. 1) (D; intr.) to embark for (to embark for France) 2) (d; intr.) to embark on (to embark on a new career) * * * [ɪm bɑːk] (D; intr.) to embark for (to embark for France) (d; intr.) to embark on (to embark on a new career) … Combinatory dictionary
