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- Dictionaryembark/ɪmˈbɑːk/
verb
- 1. go on board a ship or aircraft: "he embarked for India in 1817" Similar Opposite
- 2. begin (a course of action): "she embarked on a new career" Similar
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to go on to a ship or an aircraft: We embarked at Miami for our Caribbean cruise.
The meaning of EMBARK is to go on board a vehicle for transportation. How to use embark in a sentence.
Embark definition: to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.. See examples of EMBARK used in a sentence.
The flight crew embarked and the plane took off. [ T ] to put goods or passengers onto a ship, aircraft, or train: The ship had an electrical hoist which allowed cars to be embarked and disembarked in all tidal conditions.
When you embark on something, you are starting it — and it's exciting. You might embark on a new career or embark on a trip to the Galapagos Islands. You wouldn't embark on a trip to the grocery store. The verb embark can be used specifically to refer to boarding a ship for a journey.
Definition of embark verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
If you embark on something new, difficult, or exciting, you start doing it. He's embarking on a new career as a writer. American English : embark / ɪmˈbɑrk /
EMBARK definition: to get on a ship, boat, or aircraft to begin a journey. Learn more.
em•bark /ɛmˈbɑrk/ v. to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle:[ no object; (~ + on + object)] The passengers embarked on the ship at noon. to start or participate in an enterprise:[ ~ + on + object] to embark on a business venture. to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.
