Definitions

embark

[em-bahrk] / ɛmˈbɑrk /

VERB

get on transportation object

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commence enter launch

STRONG

board emplane entrain

WEAK

go aboard ship leave port plunge into put on board set about set out set sail take on board take ship

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease end finish stop

WEAK

disembark stay

Example Sentences

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Embark Studios has insisted it has not used GenAI in Arc Raiders, and that it does not wish to eliminate humans from its development process.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

High-profile autonomous driving startups such as TuSimple and Embark, each of which had gone public with multibillion-dollar valuations, have wound down their U.S. operations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

And in Denver, Colorado, students at micro-middle school Embark work out of a coffee and bicycle shop to meet unmet demand and experience learning that is grounded in their broader community.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2024

Indeed, said Janelle Ruhumuliza, a travel adviser with Embark Beyond, “experiences have to go further than what they were before.”

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

They Embark for Batavia.Upon the Governor’s departure there were great and royal Feasts made.

From An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape by Knox, Robert

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