embark
verb/ɛmˈbɑrk/
Frequency rank: #8,566 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to begin a journey or start a new project or course of action.
Example sentence
We will embark on our journey to the mountains early tomorrow morning.
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