Englishembark
verb
1 he stood on the pier to watch me embark:
board ship, go on board, go aboard, climb aboard, step aboard, take ship;
take off;
informal hop on, jump on.
▷antonyms disembark; land.
2 he was about to embark on a career in the family's department store chain:
begin, start, commence, undertake, set about, enter on, go into, take up;
venture into, launch into, plunge into, turn one's hand to, engage in, settle down to;
institute, initiate, tackle;
informal have a go/crack/shot at.