| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To depart.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To board.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb embark.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (embark) | 1. Go on board.[Wordnet]. 2. Set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career".[Wordnet]. 3. Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers.[Wordnet]. 4. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.[Websters]. 5. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.[Websters]. 6. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.[Websters]. 7. To engage in any affair.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: embarking, embarked, embarks, embarker, embarkers, embarkingly and embarkedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "EMBARKING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1485. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EMBARKING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Putting on board of a ship or boat; going on shipboard.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of embark. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: embark
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Embark on | Get off the ground. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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