to embark on an enterprise
1embark — [em bärk′, imbärk′] vt. [Fr embarquer < Sp or OProv embarcar < em (L in ) + L barca, BARK3] 1. to put or take (passengers or goods) aboard a ship, aircraft, etc. 2. to engage (a person) or invest (money, etc.) in an enterprise vi. 1. to go… …
2embark — I verb auspicate, begin, commence, conscendere, engage in an enterprise, enter, enter upon, get under way, go into, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, make a beginning, originate, plunge into, rationem inire, set out, start, start out, take …
3embark — /ɛmˈbak / (say em bahk) verb (i) 1. to board a ship, as for a voyage. 2. to engage in an enterprise, business, etc.: *Much too tired (and too rusty) to embark on a piece of work that demanded utmost care and discrimination. –henry handel… …
4enterprise — noun 1 plan/project ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ exciting ▪ ambitious, difficult, hazardous ▪ successful ▪ …
5embark on — verb get off the ground (Freq. 3) Who started this company? We embarked on an exciting enterprise I start my day with a good breakfast We began the new semester The afternoon session begins at 4 PM The blood shed started when the partisans… …
6embark — em•bark [[t]ɛmˈbɑrk[/t]] v. i. 1) to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey 2) to start or partake in an enterprise: to embark on a business venture[/ex] 3) to board (passengers) onto a ship, aircraft, or the like 4) to start… …
7embark on — phr verb Embark on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑passenger Embark on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑adventure, ↑career, ↑crusade, ↑enterprise, ↑exercise, ↑expansion, ↑expedition, ↑programme, ↑ …
8embark — /em bahrk /, v.i. 1. to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey. 2. to start an enterprise, business, etc. v.t. 3. to put or receive on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle. 4. to involve (someone) in an enterprise. 5. to… …
9embark — verb Etymology: Middle French embarquer, from Old Occitan embarcar, from em (from Latin in ) + barca bark Date: 1533 intransitive verb 1. to go on board a vehicle for transportation < the troops embarked at noon > 2. to make a start < embark …
10embark — em·bark || ɪm bÉ‘Ëk v. go on board a ship, put on board a ship; begin; become involved in an enterprise …
