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embark

[ UK /ɛmbˈɑːk/ ]
[ US /ɛmˈbɑɹk, ɪmˈbɑɹk/ ]
VERB
  1. set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
    she embarked upon a new career
  2. proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
    We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer
  3. go on board

How To Use embark In A Sentence

  • Before one embarks on this high flying experience, the organisers supply a crash helmet, and a safety waist belt which is securely tied with a long and strong rope to the huge multi-coloured parasail.
  • The schedule shows the last tender as being at 3 a.m., with a warning that passengers will be responsible for any expense occurred by failing to re-embark before the set time for departure.
  • I realized that if I really am embarking on a research career, this pub is the first of many. Archive 2006-07-01
  • We have a government embarked on class war against our people. Times, Sunday Times
  • The trouble with this sobriety lark, which I embarked upon at the start of the year, is that I find my critical facilities have been restored after some 30 years' suspension.
  • The ship embarked passengers and cargo at New York port.
  • We embark, the ferryman hands us an oar, and the craft moves out from the dock.
  • He embarks on a semantics lecture, suggesting the term “shelter” sends the wrong meaning: “The word connotes impermanency. A Billion Lives
  • The government will now embark on a period of public consultation. Times, Sunday Times
  • We're embarking upon a new project later this year.
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