EMBARK ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does embark on mean? 

• EMBARK ON (verb)
  The verb EMBARK ON has 1 sense:

1. get off the ground

  Familiarity information: EMBARK ON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBARK ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get off the ground

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

commence; embark on; start; start up

Context example:

The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack

Hypernyms (to "embark on" is one way to...):

begin; commence; lead off; start (set in motion, cause to start)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "embark on"):

inaugurate; kick off (commence officially)

open (begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something