What is another word for embarks?

Pronunciation: [ɛmbˈɑːks] (IPA)

Embarks is a verb that means to begin a journey or venture. There are several synonyms for this word, each with a slightly different connotation. "Commences" suggests a formal beginning, while "launches" implies a more dramatic start. "Sets off" and "departs" both connote movement and leaving a starting point, while "initiates" indicates the beginning of a process. "Embarks upon" implies a sense of excitement or enthusiasm for the journey ahead. Whatever the synonym, each implies the start of something new and the potential for adventure and growth.

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What are the hypernyms for Embarks?

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Usage examples for Embarks

Here, as elsewhere, as soon as he leaves the bare record of facts and embarks in any kind of speculation, he shows himself helpless; however, he tries to fortify his own courage and that of his readers, with "it is clear," "it is evident," "it is certain."
"The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)"
George Tyrrell
He embarks in the first Portuguese ship he finds, whithersoever it is bound, it matters not to Xavier; provided only that he is travelling somewhere, he is content.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh
"If any man ask me what are the benefits of arbitrary power to the subject, I answer these two, poverty and subjection" But to an ambitious monarch unlimited power is a necessity; unless he can count upon instant obedience to his will, he only courts defeat if he embarks in schemes of aggression and conquest.
"Daniel Defoe"
William Minto

Famous quotes with Embarks

  • Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • An animal that embarks on forming states without greatly restricting egoism will perish.
    Erwin Schrodinger
  • He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many foulder in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.
    Johnson
  • Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.
    Winston Churchill
  • Each generation writes off earlier errors as the result of bad thinking, of less able minds--and then confidently embarks on making fresh errors of its own.
    Michael Crichton

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