embarkation
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bɑrˈkeɪ noun
the act, process, or an instance of embarking.
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embark (ɛmˈbɑːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to board (a ship or aircraft) |
| 2. | (intr; |
| [C16: via French from Old Provençal embarcar, from | |
| embar'kation | |
| —n | |
| em'barkment | |
| —n | |
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Embarkation
is always a great word to know.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Example sentences
The data includes both arrivals and departures and are detailed by country and port of debarkation and embarkation.
Any embarkation could be a dead end, forcing me to retreat and replan my route.
Embarkation and debarkation, cargo loading and discharge.
There were no clinical signs of contagious equine metritis detected in the animals prior to embarkation.
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