embarks
- 1Third-person singular simple present of embark.
The crew embarks before sunrise to catch the morning tide.
Each spring, the company embarks on an ambitious expansion across the region.
Note
One spelling covers every present-tense use of the verb with a singular subject. Usually the subject itself does the going: a passenger boards, or a company sets out on a venture. It can also be transitive, with the subject sending others aboard or committing resources, as when a ship embarks troops or an investor embarks money in an affair. A rarer meaning shares the form as well: to cover or enclose something with bark.
embarks is a form of embark
embark, verb: To begin or set out upon something, especially a journey, undertaking, or new venture. Full entry
- Spelling
- embark → embarks: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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