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embarking

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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Two humpback whales have set new records for the longest-known distances travelled for their species by embarking on a journey of over 14,000 kilometres between Brazil and Australia, scientists said Wednesday.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Imagine embarking on an international cruise vacation and ending up landlocked in the middle of America.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

Earlier this year, Janmohamed said in a LinkedIn post that he’s moving to a venture-partner role at Lightspeed and embarking on building “a new, early-stage venture firm.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

PayPal said Tuesday that it’s also embarking on a new cost-cutting program that targets $1.5 billion or more of gross run-rate savings over the next two to three years.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

For a few minutes he thought he’d made a horrible mistake in embarking in the canoe, and that they’d be drowned for sure; but what else could they have done?

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman