embark

em·bark  (m-bärk)

v. em·barked, em·bark·ing, em·barks

v.tr.

1. To cause to board a vessel or aircraft: stopped to embark passengers.

2. To enlist (a person or persons) or invest (capital) in an enterprise.

v.intr.

1. To go aboard a vessel or aircraft, as at the start of a journey.

2. To set out on a venture; commence: embark on a world tour.

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[French embarquer, from Late Old French, probably from Medieval Latin imbarcre : Latin in-, in- + barca, boat.]

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embar·kation, em·barkment n.

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embark

Verb

1. to go on board a ship or aircraft

2. embark on to begin (a new project or venture) [Old Provençal embarcar]

embarkation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	embark - go on board ship board, get on - get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) emplane, enplane - board a plane debark, disembark, set down - go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton"
	2.	embark - set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career" enter begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" take up - pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"
	3.	embark - proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" venture go, proceed, move - follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"

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embark

verb go aboard, climb aboard, board ship, step aboard, go on board, take ship << OPPOSITE get off

embark on something begin, start, launch, enter, engage, take up, set out, undertake, initiate, set about, plunge into, commence, broach

Translations

embark [ɪmˈbɑːk] vi → embarcarse

vt → embarcar;

to embark on [+ journey] → comenzar, iniciar;

(fig) → emprender

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embark [ɪmˈbɑːk] vi → embarquer;

to embark on → (s')embarquer à bord de or sur vt → embarquer;

to embark on [+ journey etc] → commencer, entreprendre (fig); se lancer or s'embarquer dans

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embark [ɪmˈbɑːk] vt → einschiffen

vi to embark (on) → sich einschiffen (auf);

to embark on (journey) → beginnen;

(task) → in Angriff nehmen;

(course of action) → einschlagen

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embark [ɪmˈbɑːk] vi to embark (on) → imbarcarsi (su) vt → imbarcare;

to embark on (fig) → imbarcarsi in [+ journey]; intraprendere