embarkation
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- noun
- /ˌɛmˌbɑrˈkeɪʃən/
:
embarque
- The passengers gathered at the terminal for their embarkation onto the cruise ship.
- port of embarkation
- point of embarkation
- awaiting embarkation
Examples
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Several ports of embarkation are offered in Virginia, Florida, California, Washington State, and Hawaii.
Blog text (23) -
The regiment will assemble with full service equipment for embarkation at 2200 tonight.
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Return to your port of embarkation.
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Given these conditions, one may wonder why Liverpool was the most popular port of embarkation.
Academic text (1993) -
My orders this morning were to take the regiment to the pacific coast... to a port of embarkation.
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Finally, it received its orders to move to Hoboken, the port of embarkation, in August.
Academic text (1990) -
Passengers will receive a per diem for any cruise days missed due to a late embarkation.
Blog text (22) -
A few weeks later, Hubble was on his way to the port of embarkation at Brest.
Academic text (1990) -
Some of the steamship companies provided free accommodation to emigrants awaiting embarkation.
Academic text (1993) -
After 1870, Queenstown and Moville replaced Liverpool as the major ports of embarkation for emigrants traveling to North America.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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The act of getting onto a plane, ship, or bus before it leaves
The act of getting on a ship or plane by passengers and crew
To get on an airplane as a passenger
Antonyms
How Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Embarkation comes from the verb embark, built from em- meaning 'in' and barque meaning 'boat' or 'ship'. So embarkation is the act of getting 'into the ship', which is why we use it for boarding a ship or plane before a journey.