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embark
Overview of verb embark
The verb embark has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) embark, ship -- (go on board)
2. (1) embark, enter -- (set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career")
3. venture, embark -- (proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer")
Grep of noun embark
embarkation
embarkment
Antonyms of verb embark
1 of 3 senses of embark
Sense 1
embark, ship
Antonym of disembark (Sense 1)
=>disembark, debark, set down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb embark
3 senses of embark
Sense 1
embark, ship
=> board, get on
=> enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Sense 2
embark, enter
=> get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
Sense 3
venture, embark
=> go, proceed, move
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb embark
2 of 3 senses of embark
Sense 1
embark, ship
=> emplane, enplane
Sense 2
embark, enter
=> take up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb embark
3 senses of embark
Sense 1
embark, ship
=> board, get on
Sense 2
embark, enter
=> get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
Sense 3
venture, embark
=> go, proceed, move
'Cause To' of verb embark
Derived Forms of verb embark
1 of 3 senses of embark
Sense 1
embark, ship
RELATED TO>(noun) embarkment#1
=> boarding, embarkation, embarkment
Domain of verb embark
Domain Terms of verb embark
Familiarity of verb embark
embark used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb embark
3 senses of embark
Sense 1
embark, ship
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
embark, enter
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
venture, embark
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb embark
3 senses of embark
Sense 1
embark, ship
> board, get on
=> embark, ship
=> entrain
=> catch
Sense 2
embark, enter
> get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
=> recommence
=> strike out
=> fall
=> jump off
=> get to
=> auspicate
=> attack
=> break in
=> plunge, launch
=> come on
=> embark, enter
=> get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving, get weaving, get started, get rolling
Sense 3
venture, embark
> go, proceed, move
=> work
=> venture, embark
=> steamroller, steamroll
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb embark
Sense 1
embark, ship
=> board, get on
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Sense 2
embark, enter
=> get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
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Sense 3
venture, embark
=> go, proceed, move
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Grep of verb embark
disembark
embark
embark on
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