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to disembark

to disembark

21 5.1
To leave a ship, plane, or other vehicle after a journey
  • verb
  • /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑrk/
translation icon : desembarcar
  • Prepare to disembark the aircraft.
  • disembarking passengers
  • disembarked from a ship

And actually, the funny story is right after the cruise weekend, when we disembarked, he actually met my dad.

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Examples

  • The next morning they disembarked on a Jekyll Island beach, much to the amazement of several onlookers.

    Academic text (2009)

  • We were told that we must finish breakfast by 5 a.m. and be prepared to disembark.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Please watch your step as you disembark.

    Madison (2005)

  • Please disembark with all luggage.

    Youth Without Youth (2007)

  • Various passengers gather their things and begin to disembark in a hurry.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • We'll be disembarking in a few minutes!

    Sabotage (1996)

  • However, all passengers are requested to disembark... ...and remain in the departure lounge.

    Bullitt (1968)

  • On a gray November afternoon, Italian troops disembarked in the port of Trieste.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • My sister-in-law is shown disembarking from a plane, looking grim and weary.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Please watch your step as you disembark from the ferry.

Synonyms

to leave
vsto disembark
∞ 1.0

To go away from a place, person, or group

is limited to exiting vehicles after a journey
to get off
vsto disembark
213 1.6

To leave a vehicle, for example a bus, or stop annoying someone

applies to exiting ships, aircraft, or other vehicles after a journey
to depart
vsto disembark
176 1.3

To leave a place to start a journey

focuses on exiting vehicles after a journey rather than beginning travel
to dismount
vsto disembark
21 4.5

To get off a horse, bicycle, or vehicle

applies to exiting larger transport after finishing a journey
to deplane
vsto disembark
3 4.9

To leave a plane after it lands

applies to exiting ships, aircraft, or other vehicles after a journey
to debark
vsto disembark
1 7.2

To get off a ship or plane and go onto land

is the same action but uses a different word form
to detrain
vsto disembark
1 6.7

To get off a train and go onto the platform

applies to exiting ships, aircraft, or other vehicles after a journey

Antonyms

to embark
18 4.4

To get on a ship, plane, or other vehicle to begin a journey

How Formal

to alight
2 4.1
to debark
1 7.2
to disembark
21 5.1
to get off
170 2.5

Surface Forms

disembark infinitive
disembarked past
disembarked past participle
disembarking present participle
disembarks third person singular

Morphology

disembark = embark (transparent) = dis + embark

For learners who know 'embark', adding 'dis-' gives the regular opposite meaning 'leave a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle'.

Etymology

Disembark comes from the parts dis- meaning 'away' and embark meaning 'to go on a ship'. So to disembark is to move 'away from the ship' and leave a ship, plane, or other vehicle after a journey.