disembark
verb/ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːk/
/ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːrk/
(North American English also debark)
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disembark | /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːk/ /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːrk/ |
| he / she / it disembarks | /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːks/ /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːrks/ |
| past simple disembarked | /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːkt/ /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːrkt/ |
| past participle disembarked | /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːkt/ /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːrkt/ |
| -ing form disembarking | /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːkɪŋ/ /ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːrkɪŋ/ |
- to leave a vehicle, especially a ship or an aircraft, at the end of a journey; to let or make people leave a vehicle
- We will be disembarking at midday.
- disembark from something They had just disembarked from their tour bus after a 12-hour journey.
- disembark something The heat hit us as soon as we disembarked the plane.
- disembark somebody The passengers were disembarked safely.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDisembark is used with these nouns as the subject:- passenger
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French désembarquer, Spanish desembarcar, or Italian disimbarcare, based on Latin barca ‘ship's boat’.Want to learn more?
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