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em·bark

(ĕm-bärk′)

v. em·barked, em·bark·ing, em·barks

v.tr.

1. To cause to board a vessel or aircraft: stopped to embark passengers.

2. To enlist (a person or persons) or invest (capital) in an enterprise.

v.intr.

1. To go aboard a vessel or aircraft, as at the start of a journey.

2. To set out on a venture; commence: embark on a world tour.

[French embarquer, from Late Old French, probably from Medieval Latin imbarcāre : Latin in-, in- + barca, boat; see bark³.]

em′bar·ka′tion, em·bark′ment n.

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embark

(ɛmˈbɑːk)

1. to board (a ship or aircraft)

2. (intr; usually foll by on or upon) to commence or engage (in) a new project, venture, etc

[C16: via French from Old Provençal embarcar, from em- + barca boat, barque]

ˌembarˈkation, ˌembarˈcation n

emˈbarkment n

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em•bark

(ɛmˈbɑrk)
v.i.

1. to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.

2. to start or partake in an enterprise: to embark on a business venture.

v.t.

3. to board (passengers) onto a ship, aircraft, or the like.

4. to start up or invest in an enterprise.

[1540–50; < Middle French embarquer < Sp embarcar]

em`bar•ka′tion, n.

em•bark′ment, n.

embark

Past participle: embarked
Gerund: embarking

Imperative
embark
embark

Present
I embark
you embark
he/she/it embarks
we embark
you embark
they embark

Preterite
I embarked
you embarked
he/she/it embarked
we embarked
you embarked
they embarked

Present Continuous
I am embarking
you are embarking
he/she/it is embarking
we are embarking
you are embarking
they are embarking

Present Perfect
I have embarked
you have embarked
he/she/it has embarked
we have embarked
you have embarked
they have embarked

Past Continuous
I was embarking
you were embarking
he/she/it was embarking
we were embarking
you were embarking
they were embarking

Past Perfect
I had embarked
you had embarked
he/she/it had embarked
we had embarked
you had embarked
they had embarked

Future
I will embark
you will embark
he/she/it will embark
we will embark
you will embark
they will embark

Future Perfect
I will have embarked
you will have embarked
he/she/it will have embarked
we will have embarked
you will have embarked
they will have embarked

Future Continuous
I will be embarking
you will be embarking
he/she/it will be embarking
we will be embarking
you will be embarking
they will be embarking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been embarking
you have been embarking
he/she/it has been embarking
we have been embarking
you have been embarking
they have been embarking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been embarking
you will have been embarking
he/she/it will have been embarking
we will have been embarking
you will have been embarking
they will have been embarking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been embarking
you had been embarking
he/she/it had been embarking
we had been embarking
you had been embarking
they had been embarking

Conditional
I would embark
you would embark
he/she/it would embark
we would embark
you would embark
they would embark

Past Conditional
I would have embarked
you would have embarked
he/she/it would have embarked
we would have embarked
you would have embarked
they would have embarked

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Verb	1.	embark - go on board ship board, get on - get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) emplane, enplane - board a plane debark, disembark, set down - go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton"
	2.	embark - set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career" enter begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" take up - pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"
	3.	embark - proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" venture go, proceed, move - follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"

embark

verb go aboard, climb aboard, board ship, step aboard, go on board, take ship They embarked on the battle cruiser HMS Renown.
go aboard land, arrive, get off, alight, step out of, go ashore

embark on something begin, start, launch, enter, engage, take up, set out, undertake, initiate, set about, plunge into, commence, broach He is embarking on a new career as a writer.

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embark

verb

To go about the initial step in doing (something):

approach, begin, commence, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake.

Informal: kick off.

Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road.

Translations

يَرْكَبُ سَفينَةُ

gå ombord

embarcar

embarquer

behajóz

setja/fara um borî

imbarcarsi imbarcare

leistissėdimas į laivąsėsti į laivąsodinimas į laivąsodinti į laivą

kāpt uz kuģakraut kuģī

ta om bord

nalodiť

binmek

搭乘装载上船

embark

[ɪmˈbɑːk]

A. VT → embarcar

B. VI (Naut, Aer) → embarcarse (for, on con rumbo a en) to embark on [+ journey] → emprender; [+ business venture, explanation, discussion] → lanzarse a, embarcarse en

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embark

[ɪmˈbɑː^rk]

vi (= board a ship) → embarquer, s'embarquer
to embark on [+ ship] → embarquer à bord de, s'embarquer à bord de, embarquer sur, s'embarquer sur

vt [+ ship] → embarquer

embark on

embark upon vt fus (= begin) [+ journey] → entreprendre; [+ course of action] → se lancer dans; [+ sth risky, dubious] → s'embarquer dans

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embark

vt → einschiffen; goods also → verladen

(Naut) → sich einschiffen; (troops) → eingeschifft werden

(fig) to embark up(on) something → etw anfangen, etw beginnen

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embark

[ɪmˈbɑːk] (Naut, Aer)

1. vi → imbarcarsi

2. vt → imbarcare

embark on vi + prep (journey) → intraprendere; (business venture, explanation, discussion) → imbarcarsi in

embark

(imˈbaːk) verb

to go, or put, on board ship. Passengers should embark early.

ˌembarˈkation (em-) noun

embark on

to start or engage in. She embarked on a new career.

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ON THE 25TH of July, Captain Bonneville struck his tents, and set out on his route for the Bighorn, at the head of a party of fifty-six men, including those who were to embark with Cerre.

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The blockade once raised, they might embark immediately, and set sail for England or Spain, without fear of being molested.

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As most young candidates for the pains and penalties of whaling stop at this same New Bedford, thence to embark on their voyage, it may as well be related that I, for one, had no idea of so doing.

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These volumes were my study day and night, and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt, as a child, on learning that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a seafaring life.

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"What?" said Don Quixote, "cross ourselves and weigh anchor; I mean, embark and cut the moorings by which the bark is held;" and the bark began to drift away slowly from the bank.

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Seeing a Ferryman in his boat he paid something for his passage and was about to embark.

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I embarked in March, 1622, in the same fleet with the Count Vidigueira, on whom the king had conferred the viceroyship of the Indies, then vacant by the resignation of Alfonso Noronha, whose unsuccessful voyage in the foregoing year had been the occasion of the loss of Ormus, which being by the miscarriage of that fleet deprived of the succours necessary for its defence, was taken by the Persians and English.

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For this and other reasons, in the year 1620 they embarked on board the ship Mayflower, and crossed the ocean, to the shores of Cape Cod.

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I then took leave of him, and exchanging my merchandise for sandal and aloes wood, camphor, nutmegs, cloves, pepper, and ginger, I embarked upon the same vessel and traded so successfully upon our homeward voyage that I arrived in Balsora with about one hundred thousand sequins.

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Investing a small sum which he had amassed since leaving his native village, in merchandise suited to the American market, he embarked, in the month of November, 1783, in a ship bound to Baltimore, and arrived in Hampton Roads in the month of January.

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These two distinguished travelers embarked together, but they are about to part, it being the resolute intention of the former to pitch the latter overboard."

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To you, the daring venturers and adventurers, and whoever hath embarked with cunning sails upon frightful seas,--