noun
Meaning 1
The act of embarking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
embarkation
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noun
Meaning 2
The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A vessel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boarding, embarkment
Antonyms: disembarkation
Broader terms: departure, going, going away, leaving
History
Etymology
From French embarcation. By surface analysis, embark + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 登船 (dēngchuán) — embarking
- Chinese Mandarin: 乘船 (chéngchuán) — embarking
- Chinese Mandarin: 上船 (shàngchuán) — embarking
- Danish: påstigning — embarking
- Danish: indstigning — embarking
- Danish: ombordstigning — embarking
- Finnish: kulkuvälineeseen nouseminen — embarking
- French: embarquement — embarking
- German: Einschiffung — embarking
- Indonesian: embarkasi — embarking
- Japanese: 乗船 (jōsen) — embarking
- Latin: conscensiō — embarking
- Māori: ekenga — embarking
- Polish: ambarkacja — embarking
- Russian: поса́дка (posádka) — embarking
- Russian: погру́зка (pogrúzka) — embarking