embarked; embarking; embarks
1
: to go on board a vehicle for transportation
the troops embarked at noon
2
: to make a start
embarked on a new career
1
: to cause to go on board (a boat, an airplane, etc.)
2
: to engage, enlist, or invest in an enterprise
Examples of embark in a Sentence
The troops are waiting to embark.
Millions of Europeans embarked for America in the late 19th century.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2026
Soon thereafter, the team’s returning coaches will embark on preparations for another year, all the while 14 other staffs are preparing for another opponent.
—Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2026
Roughly half a millennium after Dante’s death, his poem received an ecstatic welcome in the United States, where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow embarked on the first American translation of all three parts in the early 1860s, as the Civil War raged.
—Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
The series finale of Matt and Ross Duffer’s megahit show Stranger Things (which comes to an end just as Netflix embarks on a journey to buy legacy movie studio Warner Bros).
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Embark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embark. Accessed 5 Jan. 2026.
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embark
verb
em·bark
im-ˈbärk 
1
: to go or put on board a ship or airplane
2
: to begin some task or project
embark on a career
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