to get onto a ship; to put sth onto a ship:
[V] We stood on the pier and watched as they embarked. * [VN] They embarked the troops by night.
OPPDISEMBARK
embarkation noun [U,C]:
Embarkation will be at 14:20 hours.
PHRASALVERBS
embark on / upon sth to start to do sth new or difficult:
She is about to embark on a diplomatic career. * Remember these basic rules before embarking upon major home improvements.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for embark is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is embark a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, embark is tagged as verb.
Does embark appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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