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embark

verb [I]
 
 
/ɪmˈbɑːk/ US  /-bɑːrk/ formal

Definition

to go onto a ship: We embarked at Liverpool for New York. → Opposite disembarkBoarding and alighting from modes of transport embarkation
 
 
/ˌem.bɑːˈkeɪ.ʃən/ US  /-bɑːr-/ noun [C or U]
You'll be asked for those documents on embarkation.Boarding and alighting from modes of transport
(Definition of embark verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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