{
    "term": "embark",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "embark",
            "heSheIt": "embarks"
        },
        "pastSimple": "embarked",
        "pastParticiple": "embarked",
        "ingForm": "embarking"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to get onto a ship or plane; to put somebody/something onto a ship or plane",
            "sensetop": "embark somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We stood on the pier and watched as they embarked."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They embarked the troops by night.",
                    "contextForm": "embark somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The invasion force was ready to embark."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team embarked for Italy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They travelled with him to the coast to watch him embark."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["immediately", "reluctantly", "recently"],
                "verb + embark on/​upon": ["be about to", "be ready to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈbɑːk/",
                "audio": "em/embark/embark__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈbɑːks/",
                "audio": "em/embark/embarks__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈbɑːkt/",
                "audio": "em/embark/embarked__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈbɑːkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "em/embark/embarking__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈbɑːrk/",
                "audio": "em/embark/embark__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈbɑːrks/",
                "audio": "em/embark/embarks__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈbɑːrkt/",
                "audio": "em/embark/embarked__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈbɑːrkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "em/embark/embarking__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from French embarquer, from em- ‘in’ + barque ‘bark, ship’."
}