"embark" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈbɑːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛmˈbɑːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪmˈbɑɹk/ [General-American], /ɛmˈbɑɹk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-embark.wav [Southern-England] Forms: embarks [present, singular, third-person], embarking [participle, present], embarked [participle, past], embarked [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French embarquer, from em- + barque (“small ship”). Compare with Portuguese embarcar, Spanish abarcar. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|embarquer}} Middle French embarquer, {{m|frm|en-|em-}} em-, {{m|frm|barque||small ship}} barque (“small ship”), {{cog|pt|embarcar}} Portuguese embarcar, {{cog|es|abarcar}} Spanish abarcar Head templates: {{en-verb}} embark (third-person singular simple present embarks, present participle embarking, simple past and past participle embarked)
  1. To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane. Synonyms (on a boat or ship): make sail, take shipping [archaic] Translations (to get on a boat): صَعِدَ (ṣaʕida) (Arabic), նավ նստել (nav nstel) (Armenian), itsasoratu (Basque), качвам се на кораб (kačvam se na korab) (Bulgarian), embarcar (Catalan), 登船 (dēngchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 上船 (shàngchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 乘船 (chéngchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), nalodit (Czech), nalodit se (Czech), enŝipiĝi (Esperanto), nousta (Finnish), monter (French), embarquer (French), embarcar (Galician), einschiffen (German), an Bord gehen (German), επιβιβάζομαι (epivivázomai) (Greek), μπαρκάρω (barkáro) (Greek), felszáll (Hungarian), beszáll (Hungarian), imbarcare (Italian), 乗船する (jōsen suru) (alt: じょうせんする) (Japanese), 乗る (noru) (alt: のる) (Japanese), ជិះ (cih) (Khmer), 타다 (tada) (Korean), cur er boayrd (Manx), eke (Maori), ambarkować się [archaic, imperfective] (Polish), wejść na pokład (Polish), embarcar (Portuguese), îmbarca (Romanian), сесть на кора́бль (sestʹ na koráblʹ) [perfective] (Russian), сади́ться на кора́бль (sadítʹsja na koráblʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ukrcati [perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), embarcar (Spanish), embarkera (Swedish), ombordstiga (Swedish), binmek (Turkish), lên tàu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-embark-en-verb-rgL0qcgM Disambiguation of 'on a boat or ship': 81 0 19 0 Disambiguation of 'to get on a boat': 87 4 9 1
  2. To start, begin. Translations (to start): предприемам (predpriemam) (Bulgarian), beginnen (Dutch), starten (Dutch), aloittaa (Finnish), lähteä (Finnish), beginnen (German), antreten (German), nekilát (Hungarian), kezd (Hungarian), elkezd (Hungarian), megkezd (Hungarian), hozzáfog (Hungarian), belefog (Hungarian), nekifog (Hungarian), belevág (Hungarian), nekivág (Hungarian), imbarcare (Italian), iniziare (Italian), imbarcarsi (Italian), cacciarsi (Italian), impegolarsi (Italian), hikihiki (Maori), começar (Portuguese), начина́ть (načinátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), нача́ть (načátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), embarcarse (Spanish), begynna (Swedish), påbörja (Swedish), mit- (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-embark-en-verb-Us60PH8b Disambiguation of 'to start': 0 100 0 0
  3. (transitive) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-embark-en-verb-mR6MdQwi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 3 52 14
  4. (transitive) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-embark-en-verb-eVdmtHDT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: embarkation, disembarkation, disembarkee, re-embark, reembark

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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
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          "lang": "Basque",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kačvam se na korab",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "качвам се на кораб"
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "embarcar"
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dēngchuán",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "登船"
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shàngchuán",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "上船"
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          "sense": "to get on a boat",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "enŝipiĝi"
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "nousta"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "monter"
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "embarquer"
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "embarcar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "einschiffen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "an Bord gehen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epivivázomai",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "επιβιβάζομαι"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "barkáro",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "μπαρκάρω"
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "felszáll"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "beszáll"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "imbarcare"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "alt": "じょうせんする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jōsen suru",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "乗船する"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "alt": "のる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "noru",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "乗る"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cih",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "ជិះ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "tada",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "타다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "cur er boayrd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "eke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ambarkować się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "wejść na pokład"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "embarcar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "îmbarca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sestʹ na koráblʹ",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сесть на кора́бль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sadítʹsja na koráblʹ",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сади́ться на кора́бль"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ukrcati"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "embarcar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "embarkera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "ombordstiga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "binmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 4 9 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to get on a boat",
          "word": "lên tàu"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.",
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        }
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        "To start, begin."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predpriemam",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "предприемам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "beginnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "starten"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "aloittaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "lähteä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "beginnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "antreten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "nekilát"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "kezd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "elkezd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "megkezd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "hozzáfog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "belefog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "nekifog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "belevág"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "nekivág"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "imbarcare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "iniziare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "imbarcarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "cacciarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "impegolarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "hikihiki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "começar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "načinátʹ",
          "sense": "to start",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "начина́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "načátʹ",
          "sense": "to start",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "нача́ть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "embarcarse"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "begynna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "påbörja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "mit-"
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          "_dis": "32 3 52 14",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard."
      ],
      "id": "en-embark-en-verb-mR6MdQwi",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He embarked his fortune in trade.",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair."
      ],
      "id": "en-embark-en-verb-eVdmtHDT",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈbɑːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛmˈbɑːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈbɑɹk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛmˈbɑɹk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)k"
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "word": "disembark"
    }
  ],
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms borrowed from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Maori translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)k",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)k/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "embarkation"
    },
    {
      "word": "disembarkation"
    },
    {
      "word": "disembarkee"
    },
    {
      "word": "re-embark"
    },
    {
      "word": "reembark"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "embarquer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French embarquer",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "en-",
        "3": "em-"
      },
      "expansion": "em-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "barque",
        "3": "",
        "4": "small ship"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "embarcar"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese embarcar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "abarcar"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish abarcar",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "embarks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embarking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embarked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embarked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "embark (third-person singular simple present embarks, present participle embarking, simple past and past participle embarked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "em‧bark"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "All passengers please embark now.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To start, begin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He embarked his fortune in trade.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈbɑːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛmˈbɑːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈbɑɹk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛmˈbɑɹk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)k"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "on a boat or ship",
      "word": "make sail"
    },
    {
      "sense": "on a boat or ship",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "take shipping"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣaʕida",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "صَعِدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nav nstel",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "նավ նստել"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "itsasoratu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kačvam se na korab",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "качвам се на кораб"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "embarcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dēngchuán",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "登船"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shàngchuán",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "上船"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chéngchuán",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "乘船"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "nalodit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "nalodit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "enŝipiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "nousta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "monter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "embarquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "embarcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "einschiffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "an Bord gehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epivivázomai",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "επιβιβάζομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "barkáro",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "μπαρκάρω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "felszáll"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "beszáll"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "imbarcare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょうせんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōsen suru",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "乗船する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "noru",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "乗る"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cih",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "ជិះ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tada",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "타다"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "cur er boayrd"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "eke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ambarkować się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "wejść na pokład"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "embarcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "îmbarca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sestʹ na koráblʹ",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сесть на кора́бль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sadítʹsja na koráblʹ",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сади́ться на кора́бль"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ukrcati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "embarcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "embarkera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "ombordstiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "binmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to get on a boat",
      "word": "lên tàu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predpriemam",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "предприемам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "beginnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "starten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "aloittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "lähteä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "beginnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "antreten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "nekilát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "kezd"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "elkezd"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "megkezd"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "hozzáfog"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "belefog"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "nekifog"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "belevág"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "nekivág"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "imbarcare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "iniziare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "imbarcarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "cacciarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "impegolarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "hikihiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "começar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "načinátʹ",
      "sense": "to start",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "начина́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "načátʹ",
      "sense": "to start",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "нача́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "embarcarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "begynna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "påbörja"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "mit-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "embark"
}

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