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Definition: Embark On |
Embark OnVerb1. 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 OnSynonyms: commence (v), start (v), start up (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Embark On |
| English words defined with "embark on": enterprise, enterprisingness ♦ go-ahead ♦ initiative ♦ Reembark. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "embark on": Bellefontaine ♦ Naglfar. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Confucius | Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | We 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 | 1993-2001 | As 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. | ||
| 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 inlåta sig i (enter into, enter upon, wage), ge sig in på. (various references) เริ่ม"ำเนินการ (สิ่งที่ใหม่หรือยาก) (embark upon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6D 62 61 72 6B      4F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01100010 01100001 01110010 01101011 00100000 01001111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m b a r k   O n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 0062 0061 0072 006B      004F 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39796867847724980 |
| 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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