English Explanatory Dictionary

embarkation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of embarking.
  2. The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
  3. A vessel.

Word forms

embarkation embarkations

Etymology

From French embarcation. By surface analysis, embark + -ation.

Synonyms

embarkment

Derived words

disembarkation nonembarkation reembarkation
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