embarking
Getting on board
Embarking is the present participle of embark, meaning to board a ship, aircraft, or other vessel: passengers embarking on the cruise liner.
More commonly, embarking describes beginning a journey, project, or new phase: embarking on a career in medicine, embarking on married life.
The word carries a sense of setting out into something significant or unknown.
Act of starting
- inceptionFounding moment
- outsetInitial point of something
- genesisPoint of creation
- dawnDay's first glow
onset · kickoff · inauguration · threshold · foundation · groundwork · startup · launch
Leave-taking expression
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- leavetakingAct of saying goodbye
- sendoffFarewell event or gesture
- boardingEntering a vehicle
terminal · gate · passport · luggage · check-in · ticket · relocation · emigration
Organized exploratory journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- questSeeking journey for something
- trekArduous overland journey
pilgrimage · adventure · excursion · safari · exploration · itinerary · wanderlust · backpacking
Seagoing transport vessel
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- gangwayNarrow corridor for access
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
pier · harbor · port · maritime · seafaring · sailing · cruise · captain
Risky new undertaking
- endeavorPurposeful sustained attempt
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- undertakingTask one commits to
- pursuitAct of chasing something
profession · vocation · trajectory · path · chapter · milestone · opportunity · transition
Propulsion-driven spacecraft
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- liftoffMoment of ascent
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- launch padRocket departure platform
mission · satellite · orbit · propulsion · shuttle · booster · payload · NASA
commencement
Act of starting
dawn · onset · kickoff · inauguration · threshold · foundation · groundwork · startup · launch · initiation
farewell
Leave-taking expression
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- leavetakingAct of saying goodbye
- sendoffFarewell event or gesture
boarding · terminal · gate · passport · luggage · check-in · ticket · relocation · emigration · exodus
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
trek · pilgrimage · adventure · excursion · safari · exploration · itinerary · wanderlust · backpacking · sojourn
ship
Seagoing transport vessel
dock · pier · harbor · port · maritime · seafaring · sailing · cruise · captain · deck
venture
Risky new undertaking
- endeavorPurposeful sustained attempt
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- undertakingTask one commits to
pursuit · profession · vocation · trajectory · path · chapter · milestone · opportunity · transition · promotion
rocket
Propulsion-driven spacecraft
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- liftoffMoment of ascent
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
launch pad · mission · satellite · orbit · propulsion · shuttle · booster · payload · NASA · cosmodrome
- setting sailsetting sail, weighing anchor, casting off, putting to sea, undocking
- passenger behaviorboarding, exiting, sitting, standing, waiting
- setting offdeparting, leaving, heading out, taking off, setting off
- transit actionsboarding, riding, waiting, standing, sitting
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- flightflying, fly, flight, aviation, aircraft
embarkingdisembarking
Leaving a vehicle
debarking · landing · alighting · getting off · deplaning
embarkingconcluding
Bringing to an end
finishing · ending · completing · wrapping up · terminating