embarkment

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Embarkation
the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
{i} embarkation, act of boarding a ship or boat; act of putting aboard a ship or boat
embark
To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane

All passengers please embark now.

embark
to make a beginning in some occupation or scheme
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{v} to put or go on shipboard, to engage
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To get on a plane, train, or ship
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To engage in any affair
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To get on a boat or ship
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set out on (an enterprise, subject of study, etc ); "she embarked upon a new career"
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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. + embarkation em·bar·ka·tion Embarkation was scheduled for just after 4 pm. to go onto a ship or a plane, or to put or take something onto a ship or plane   disembark embark on/upon to start something, especially something new, difficult, or exciting (embarquer, from barque ; BARQUE)
embark
To start, begin
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proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"
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To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon
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To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard
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To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade
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go on board
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{f} go on board a ship, put on board a ship; begin; become involved in an enterprise
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To enter or come on board the ship
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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
embarkment

    Hyphenation

    em·bark·ment

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ im-'bärk ] (verb.) 1533. Middle French embarquer, from Old Provençal embarcar, from em- + barca bark.
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