Embark

  • 11embark — v. 1) (D; intr.) to embark for (to embark for France) 2) (d; intr.) to embark on (to embark on a new career) * * * [ɪm bɑːk] (D; intr.) to embark for (to embark for France) (d; intr.) to embark on (to embark on a new career) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 12embark on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms embark on : present tense I/you/we/they embark on he/she/it embarks on present participle embarking on past tense embarked on past participle embarked on 1) embark on or embark upon to start a new project or… …

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  • 13embark — verb PHRASAL VERB embark on/upon sth ADVERB ▪ immediately ▪ reluctantly ▪ recently ▪ The company has recently embarked on a new venture …

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  • 14embark — em|bark [ ım bark ] verb intransitive or transitive ** to get on a ship in order to begin a trip, or to put someone or something on a ship: We embarked at Naples. ─ opposite DISEMBARK ╾ em|bar|ka|tion [ ,embar keıʃn ] noun count or uncount em… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15embark on — verb get off the ground (Freq. 3) Who started this company? We embarked on an exciting enterprise I start my day with a good breakfast We began the new semester The afternoon session begins at 4 PM The blood shed started when the partisans… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 16embark */*/ — UK [ɪmˈbɑː(r)k] / US [ɪmˈbɑrk] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms embark : present tense I/you/we/they embark he/she/it embarks present participle embarking past tense embarked past participle embarked to get on a ship in order to begin a… …

    English dictionary

  • 17embark on — phr verb Embark on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑passenger Embark on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑adventure, ↑career, ↑crusade, ↑enterprise, ↑exercise, ↑expansion, ↑expedition, ↑programme, ↑ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 18embark — em|bark [ımˈba:k US a:rk] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: embarquer, from barque ship ; BARQUE] to go onto a ship or a plane, or to put or take something onto a ship or plane ≠ ↑disembark >embarkation [ˌemba:ˈkeıʃən US ba:r ] n …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19embark — [16] To embark is literally to ‘put or get on to a boat’ – or more specifically a barque [15] (a word acquired ultimately from late Latin barca, which is probably related to English barge). Its immediate French ancestor, barque, formed the basis… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 20embark — [[t]ɪmbɑ͟ː(r)k[/t]] embarks, embarking, embarked 1) VERB If you embark on something new, difficult, or exciting, you start doing it. [V on/upon n] He s embarking on a new career as a writer... [V on/upon n] The government embarked on a programme… …

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