EMBARK


Meaning of EMBARK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmbɑ:(r)k ]

( embarks, embarking, embarked)

1.

If you embark on something new, difficult, or exciting, you start doing it.

He’s embarking on a new career as a writer...

The government embarked on a programme of radical economic reform.

VERB : V on/upon n , V on/upon n

2.

When someone embarks on a ship, they go on board before the start of a journey.

They travelled to Portsmouth, where they embarked on the battle cruiser HMS Renown...

Bob ordered brigade HQ to embark.

VERB : V on n , V

• em‧bar‧ka‧tion

Embarkation was scheduled for just after 4 pm.

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