EMBARK ON / UPON STH

Meaning of EMBARK ON / UPON STH in English

to start to do sth new or difficult :

She is about to embark on a diplomatic career.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UPON — sur; concernent(e), pri. IMMEDIATELY ~: che, a
English interlingue dictionary
EMBARK — inbarcar. ~ UPON: interprender
English interlingue dictionary
UPON — diha
English-Visayan vocabulary
EMBARK — sakay
English-Visayan vocabulary
UPON — I. preposition Date: 12th century on , II. adverb Date: 13th century on the surface ; on it, thereafter , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EMBARK — verb Etymology: Middle French embarquer, from Old Occitan embarcar, from em- (from Latin in-) + barca bark Date: 1533 intransitive …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UPON — I. ə|pȯn, ə|pän, ə(|)pən sometimes ˌə|p- preposition Etymology: Middle English uppon, upon, from uppe & up up + on, preposition …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EMBARK — ə̇mˈbärk, em-, -bȧk verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle French embarquer, from Old Provençal embarcar, from em- (from Latin im- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UPON — (prep.) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Английский словарь Webster
EMBARK — (v. i.) To engage in any affair.
Английский словарь Webster
EMBARK — (v. i.) To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.
Английский словарь Webster
EMBARK — (v. t.) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in …
Английский словарь Webster
EMBARK — (v. t.) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
Английский словарь Webster
UPON — ( prep. ) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMBARK — ( v. t. ) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMBARK — ( v. t. ) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMBARK — ( v. i. ) To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMBARK — ( v. i. ) To engage in any affair.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — /euh pon", euh pawn"/ , prep. 1. up and on; upward so as to get or be on: He climbed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — prep. on, atop
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UPON — I. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän preposition Date: 12th century : on II. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän adverb Date: 13th century 1. obsolete : on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EMBARK — verb Etymology: Middle French embarquer, from Old Occitan embarcar, from em- (from Latin in- ) + barca bark Date: 1533 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UPON — prep on; used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster English vocab
EMBARK — vi to engage in any affair. 2. embark ·vt to cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to …
Webster English vocab
UPON — ■ preposition more formal term for on . Origin ME: from up + on , suggested by ON upp á …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
UPON — upon BrE AmE ə ˈpɒn AmE \ ə ˈpɑːn -ˈpɔːn —There is also an occasional weak form əp ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EMBARK — embark BrE AmE ɪm ˈbɑːk em- AmE \ -ˈbɑːrk ▷ embark|ed t ▷ embark|ing ɪŋ ▷ embark|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UPON — / əˈpɒn; NAmE əˈpɑːn/ preposition 1. ( formal , especially BrE ) = on : The decision was based upon …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EMBARK — / ɪmˈbɑːk; NAmE ɪmˈbɑːrk/ verb to get onto a ship; to put sth onto a ship : [ v ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — up ‧ on S2 W1 /əˈpɒn $ əˈpɑːn/ BrE AmE preposition formal [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Origin: up + on …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EMBARK — em ‧ bark /ɪmˈbɑːk $ -ɑːrk/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EMBARK — ( embarks, embarking, embarked) 1. If you embark on something new, difficult, or exciting, you start doing it. He’s embarking …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UPON — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES border on/upon obsession (= be almost as extreme as an obsession ) ▪ Sometimes his …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EMBARK — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES embark on a project (= start it ) ▪ He was embarking on the biggest …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UPON — preposition [slightly formal] - onThere was nothing upon the table but a few old plates.Upon her head she wore a …
Cambridge English vocab
UPON — Synonyms and related words : about, above, after which, against, anent, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects, as …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EMBARK — Synonyms and related words : air-express, airfreight, airmail, assume, begin, board, commence, consign, dispatch, drop a letter, embark on, embus, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EMBARK — verb PHRASAL VERB embark on/upon sth ADVERB ▪ immediately ▪ reluctantly ▪ recently ▪ The company has recently ~ed on …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UPON — • ↑ on/upon receipt of
Longman Activator English vocab
EMBARK — v. 1 board, go aboard; entrain; emplane or enplane We embarked and the ship sailed 2 Often, embark on. commence, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
UPON — {v. phr.} To latch onto. * /Whenever Herb is in a romantic mood, Irene seizes on it and starts talking …
Словарь английских идиом
UPON — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) = on 1. = on (часто является более книжным, однако в ряде случаев, приведенных ниже, употребляется …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EMBARK — грузить на корабль; принимать на борт грузиться или садиться на корабль или самолет - to * at Kobe сесть на …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UPON — upon.ogg əʹpɒn prep 1. = on II ( часто является более книжным, однако в ряде случаев, приведённых ниже, употребляется чаще, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EMBARK — embark.ogg ımʹbɑ:k v 1. 1> грузить на корабль; принимать на борт 2> грузиться или садиться на корабль или самолёт to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UPON — на dissocaite upon heating — диссоциировать при нагреве let us apply one triangle upon another — наложим один треугольник на другой touch upon …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
UPON — с upon my Sam! sl. - честное слово! work upon - влиять (на что-л.)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
UPON — prep 1. = on II ( часто является более книжным, однако в ряде случаев, приведённых ниже, употребляется чаще, чем on) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. ) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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