Synonyms for embark
ɛmˈbɑrkem·bark

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1. embarkverb

   Antonyms:
   disembark

2. embarkverb

   All passengers please embark now.

   Antonyms:
   disembark

3. embarkverb

   Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.

   Antonyms:
   disembark

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1. embark

   Synonyms:
   depart, go, go away, leave, set out, set sail, start, weigh anchor

   Antonyms:
   arrive, attain, come to, enter, gain, get to, land, reach

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1. embark

   Synonyms:
   launch, euler, start

   Antonyms:
   arrive, anchor, land

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1. embark, shipverb

   go on board

   Synonyms:
   enter, venture, ship, transport, send

   Antonyms:
   disembark, set down, debark

2. embark, enterverb

   set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)

   "she embarked upon a new career"

   Synonyms:
   recruit, go into, participate, enrol, enter, figure, get into, record, put down, introduce, infix, go in, venture, insert, inscribe, ship, enroll, accede, get in, come in, move into

   Antonyms:
   set down, disembark, debark

3. venture, embarkverb

   proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

   "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"

   Synonyms:
   stake, adventure, guess, pretend, hazard, enter, jeopardize, venture, ship

   Antonyms:
   set down, disembark, debark

Matched Categories

1. • Begin
   • Board
   • Proceed

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1. embarkverb

   Synonyms:
   put on shipboard

2. embarkverb

   Synonyms:
   engage, enlist

3. embarkverb

   Synonyms:
   go on shipboard

4. embarkverb

   Synonyms:
   engage, enlist, enter upon, take the first step

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1. List of paraphrases for "embark":

   engage, undertake, initiate, start, begin, launch

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How to use embark in a sentence?

1. Foreign Affairs:

   I believe there could be a path to a deal with Iran that all parties might soon be ready to embark on. It will be long, and patience and courage will be required.

2. Celebrity Cruises:

   This decision was made with the safety of our guests and crew at the forefront of our minds and in an abundance of caution, we realize this may have an impact on your travel plans and our team is working now on available alternative arrangements from this new port of embark and debarkation. We sincerely apologize for the impact on your cruise and will revert throughout the day with more details. We understand how important your vacation is and we did not take this decision lightly.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.

4. Pascal Finette:

   There aren't many businesses that deliver returns like Google's core business, so it drives them to embark on these pretty outlandish looking missions, they're pushing the envelope for what is the next big company in the next 5, 10, 20 years.

5. Martin Holzmann:

   This suggests that there’s a causal relationship, but a registry study can’t answer that question, it is possible that those who received PDE5 inhibitors were healthier than those on alprostadil and therefore had a lower risk. To ascertain whether it is the drug that reduces the risk, we would need to randomly assign patients to two groups, one that takes PDE5 and one that doesn’t. The results we have now give us very good reason to embark on such a study.