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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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
Fortunately for the theoretical Ethan biopic, Levon has embarked on an acting career of his own over the last two years.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
The hosts embark on a monomaniacal investigation, armed with an impressive amount of evidence to support their hypothesis that there’s a greater purpose to Adams’s penchant for the bathtub.
—Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Advertisement Michael Toscano, at the Institute for Family Studies, has embarked on a similar mission.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
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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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