embark

«embark» in Mova's school dictionary: to go on board a ship or aircraft to start a journey — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (embark, embarks, embarked, embarking)

meaning for a pupil

1) To embark is to go on board a ship or aircraft to start a journey. tree →

2) (embark on) To embark on something is to start something new and big, such as a long task or quest. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, people go on board a ship to set sail; a hero embarks on a quest to start a long journey

examples

• The sailors embark at dawn. tree →
• We embarked on the ferry to the island. tree →
• She embarked on a long journey to find her brother. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «embark» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.