Embark On

  

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Embark On

Definition: Embark On

Embark On

Verb

1. Get off the ground; "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 launched a surprise attack".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Embark On

Synonyms: commence (v), start (v), start up (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Embark On

English words defined with "embark on": enterprise, enterprisingnessgo-aheadinitiativeReembark. (references)
Specialty definitions using "embark on": BellefontaineNaglfar. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Embark On

DomainTitle

Books

  • Eat Smart in Indonesia: How to Decipher the Menu Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure (Eat Smart Series, No. 3) (reference)

  • Eat Smart in Mexico: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure (Eat Smart Series, No. 4) (reference)

  • Eat Smart in Morocco: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure (Eat Smart) (reference)

  • Eat Smart in Poland: How to Decipher the Menu Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure (Eat Smart Series, No. 5) (reference)

  • Eat Smart in Turkey: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure (Eat Smart Series, No. 2) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Embark On

AuthorQuotation

Confucius

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Embark On

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Most clinicians, as well as patients, would be loath to embark on a lifetime course of treatment. (references)

Business

The Government also approved foreign strategic capital entry into ST, up to 51 percent, and is now ready to embark on a tender to select a strategic partner. (references)

Singapore has a comprehensive network of roads amounting to approximately 3000 kilometers (km) and over nine expressways that cover 155 km. With an increasing number of vehicles on the road, the LTA will embark on several major road projects. (references)

Economic History

Sweden

Both organizations pointed out, however, that now that a successful macroeconomic framework is in place it is time to embark on a structural reform agenda. (references)

Nigeria

After the June 12, 1993 presidential election was annulled, and in light of human rights abuses and the failure to embark on a meaningful democratic transition, the U.S. imposed numerous sanctions on Nigeria. (references)

Zimbabwe

If inflation is brought under control, and the government's debt overhang removed from the domestic credit market, money rates will fall and the manufacturing industry could embark on some much-delayed capital improvements. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Embark On

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953We must embark on a bold new program for making the benefits of our scientific advances and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001As we embark on a new course, let us put our country first, remembering that regardless of our party labels, we are all Americans.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translations: Embark On

Language Translations for "embark on"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

zaèít (begin, commence, fall to, give a start, go, go off, inaugurate, initiate, kick off, open, originate, start, take up), pustit se do (go about, go in for, turn, undertake). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ryhtyä (begin, engage in, enter into, go in for, resort to, set about, set to, start, take to, take up, undertake). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επιχειρώ (attempt, tackle, undertake, venture, wage). (various references)

   

Italian

  

imbarcare (embark, engage in, go aboard, Lade, put, put off, send, send about his business, ship, take on board, to board, to embark, to ship). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

乗り込む (to board, to embark on, to enter, to get into, to helpinto, to man, to march into, to ship), 乗り出す (to begin to ride, to embark on, to lean forward, to set out, to set sail). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

のり"む (to board, to embark on, to enter, to get into, to helpinto, to man, to march into, to ship), のり す (to begin to ride, to embark on, to lean forward, to set out, to set sail). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

embarkay onay

   

Swedish

  

inlåta sig i (enter into, enter upon, wage), ge sig in på. (various references)

   

Thai

  

เริ่ม"ำเนินการ (สิ่งที่ใหม่หรือยาก) (embark upon). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Embark On

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-k-m-n-o-r"

-2 letters: banker, barmen, bemoan, borane, broken, embank, embark, enamor, moaner.

-3 letters: amber, baker, baron, beano, boner, borne, brake, brank, break, bream, broke, brome, embar, enorm, kebar, krona, krone, maker, manor, morae, namer, oaken, omber, ombre, ramen, reman, roman.

-4 letters: aeon, aero, ambo, amen, amok, bake, bane, bank, bare, bark, barm, barn, beak, beam, bean, bear, bema, berm, boar, bone, bonk, bora, bore, born, brae, bran, bren, earn, ebon, kame, kane, kaon, karn, kbar, keno, kerb, kern, knar, knob, koan, kore, mabe, make, mako, mane, mano, mare, mark, mean, meno, merk, moan, moke, monk, mora, more, morn, nabe, name, nark, near, nema, noma, nome, norm, okra, omen, omer, rake, rank, ream, roam, roan, robe.

-5 letters: abo, ane, arb, are, ark, arm, bam, ban, bar, ben, boa, bra, bro, ear, eon, era, ern, kab, kae, kea, ken, koa, kob, kor, mae, man, mar, men, moa, mob, mon, mor, nab, nae, nam, neb, nob, nom, nor, oak, oar, obe, oka, oke, one, ora, orb, ore, ram, ran, reb, rem, rob, roe, rom.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-k-m-n-o-r"
 

+3 letters: embarkation.

 

+4 letters: backcourtmen, embarkations.

 

+5 letters: mountebankery, thrombokinase, troublemaking.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Embark On


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6D 62 61 72 6B      4F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101101 01100010 01100001 01110010 01101011 00100000 01001111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#109 &#98 &#97 &#114 &#107 &#32 &#79 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006D 0062 0061 0072 006B      004F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39796867847724980

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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