embark
verb /ɪmˈbɑːk/
/ɪmˈbɑːrk/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they embark | /ɪmˈbɑːk/ /ɪmˈbɑːrk/ |
| he / she / it embarks | /ɪmˈbɑːks/ /ɪmˈbɑːrks/ |
| past simple embarked | /ɪmˈbɑːkt/ /ɪmˈbɑːrkt/ |
| past participle embarked | /ɪmˈbɑːkt/ /ɪmˈbɑːrkt/ |
| -ing form embarking | /ɪmˈbɑːkɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbɑːrkɪŋ/ |
- to get onto a ship or plane; to put somebody/something onto a ship or plane
- We stood on the pier and watched as they embarked.
- embark somebody/something They embarked the troops by night.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by waterc1- The invasion force was ready to embark.
- The team embarked for Italy.
- They travelled with him to the coast to watch him embark.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEmbark is used with these nouns as the subject:- passenger
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French embarquer, from em- ‘in’ + barque ‘bark, ship’.