Definitions of embark [ɛmˈbɑrk]

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Definition of 'embark'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) embark
to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.

2. embark
to start or partake in an enterprise:
to embark on a business venture.

3. (v.t.) embark
to board (passengers) onto a ship, aircraft, or the like.

4. embark
to start up or invest in an enterprise.

Etymology: (1540–50; < MF embarquer < Sp embarcar)

Definition of 'embark'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) embark, ship
go on board

2. (verb) embark, enter
set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
"she embarked upon a new career"

3. (verb) venture, embark
proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
"We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"

Definition of 'embark'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) embark
to cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard

2. (verb) embark
to engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade

3. (verb) embark
to go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon

4. (verb) embark
to engage in any affair

Translation of 'embark'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to go, or put, on board ship Passengers should embark early.
Afrikaans: aan boord gaan	Arabic: يَرْكَبُ سَفينَةُ	Bulgarian: качвам се на кораб
Brazilian: embarcar	Czech: nalodit (se)	German: sich einschiffen
Danish: gå ombord	Greek: επιβιβάζομαι	Spanish: embarcar
Estonian: laevale minema, lastima	Farsi: سوار شدن؛ بارگیری کردن	Finnish: nousta laivaan
French: (s')embarquer	Hebrew: לַעֲלוֹת לָאָנִייָה	Hindi: चढ़ना
Croatian: ukrcati	Hungarian: behajóz	Indonesian: naik kapal
Icelandic: setja/fara um borð	Italian: imbarcare, imbarcarsi	Japanese: 乗船する
Korean: 배에 태우다	Lithuanian: sėsti/sodinti į laivą	Latvian: kraut kuģī; kāpt uz kuģa
Malay: menaiki kapal	Dutch: aan boord gaan	Norwegian: gå om bord, ta om bord
Polish: wsiadać na statek	Persian: سوار شدن؛ بارگیری کردن	Pashto: په بيړۍ كېاچول، بيړۍ ياال
Portuguese: embarcar	Romanian: a (se)îmbarca	Russian: садиться на корабль
Slovak: nalodiť (sa)	Slovenian: vkrcati (se)	Serbian: ukrcati se
Swedish: gå (ta) ombord	Thai: ลงเรือ	Turkish: binmek
Taiwanese: 上船，裝上船	Ukrainian: вантажити на корабель; сі	Urdu: جہاز یا طیارے پر سوار ہون
Vietnamese: lên tàu	Chinese: 上船、上飞机等，装载上船
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