embark on

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to begin an undertaking or course of action

   Prepositional verb · Inseparable

   embark on something

   Usage: Put the undertaking after on: embark on a project, embark on it. This sense describes starting an undertaking rather than boarding a vessel.

   They decided to embark on a project to restore the old theater.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   They decided to embark on a project to restore the old theater.

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