embarkations
Boarding ships, leaving
Embarkations are instances of boarding a ship, aircraft, or other vessel for a journey.
The word appears in military and naval contexts: The embarkations proceeded smoothly despite rough seas.
More broadly, embarkation can describe the beginning of any major undertaking: their embarkation on married life.
Acts of going away
- sailingsScheduled ship departures
- voyagesExtended journeys by sea
- launchingsInitial deployments
- boardingsActs of getting aboard
ship · harbor · port · gangway · pier · dock · maiden voyage · passengers
Initial stages of something
- departuresActs of going away
- startsInitiates an action
- venturesRisky new enterprises
- undertakingsCommitted projects or ventures
expeditions · odysseys · pilgrimages · treks · crossings · passages · migrations · excursions
Formal starting occasions
- initiativesSelf-started new efforts
- launchesSends off forcefully
- venturesRisky new enterprises
- enterprisesCommercial businesses or undertakings
undertakings · projects · endeavors · careers · chapters · phases · pursuits · missions
departures
Acts of going away
- sailingsScheduled ship departures
- voyagesExtended journeys by sea
- launchingsInitial deployments
boardings · ship · harbor · port · gangway · pier · dock · maiden voyage · passengers · crew
beginnings
Initial stages of something
- departuresActs of going away
- startsInitiates an action
- venturesRisky new enterprises
undertakings · expeditions · odysseys · pilgrimages · treks · crossings · passages · migrations · excursions · travels
commencements
Formal starting occasions
- initiativesSelf-started new efforts
- launchesSends off forcefully
- venturesRisky new enterprises
enterprises · undertakings · projects · endeavors · careers · chapters · phases · pursuits · missions · campaigns
- ship schedulesdepartures, arrivals, port calls
embarkationsdisembarkations
Acts of leaving vessels
debarkations · arrivals · landings · dockings · alightings
embarkationsterminations
Acts of bringing closure
conclusions · endings · abandonments · withdrawals · cessations