aboard
on board; on, in, or into a ship, train, airplane, bus, etc.: to step aboard.
alongside; to the side.
Baseball. on base: a homer with two aboard.
into a group as a new member: The office manager welcomed him aboard.
on board of; on, in, or into: to come aboard a ship.
Idioms about aboard
all aboard! (as a warning to passengers entering or planning to enter a train, bus, boat, etc., just before starting) Everyone get on!
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How to use aboard in a sentence
However, doubts have been raised about whether that actually makes flying safer—and airlines and passengers alike would undoubtedly prefer to know that everyone aboard has tested negative.
United will start offering pre-flight COVID tests in October to passengers traveling to Hawaii | Lee Clifford | September 24, 2020 | FortuneThe work didn’t inspire him, however, so one day he bundled his possessions into a battered suitcase and hopped aboard a minibus taxi bound for Johannesburg — the City of Gold.
Elon Musk has said his eventual goal is for a one-way ticket to Mars aboard Starship to cost about the same, but that’s decades down the road.
When will we see ordinary people going into space? | Neel Patel | September 9, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewIt’s too expensive to lug heavy construction materials aboard the spacecraft.
Here’s the summer science you might have missed | Janet Raloff | September 1, 2020 | Science News For StudentsCommunity members voiced their concerns over air quality Tuesday as the Navy continued to combat a fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard for a third day.
Morning Report: Ship Fire’s Health Impacts Are Hazy | Voice of San Diego | July 15, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501 | Clive Irving | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd then I said, ‘Well, chief, when the admiral comes aboard, the first mate has to pipe him in.’
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI believe there was a captain aboard, but Hughes kept throwing him out of the cockpit.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo I dragged myself back to the train and pulled myself aboard.
As 30-Year Anniversary of Mass Killings in India Arrives, Sikhs Find Safety in USA | Simran Jeet Singh | October 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPeople aboard the Carnival Magic have another day and a half at sea before they reach Galveston, Texas.
Inside the Cruise Ship Quarantined Over Ebola Fear | Carol McKinley | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy orders ought to have been taken before a single unwounded Officer or man was ferried back aboard ship.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonFrom dawn to breakfast time all hands busy slinging shells—modern war sinews—piles of them—aboard.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonDat ar train don' know hit, an' she'll go to Day ob Jedgment, an' ebery soul aboard ob her!
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. WardThe Admiral came aboard and between us we tried to size up the new situation and to readjust ourselves thereto.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonIf you see us come down this way again, honey,” Amy said, “run down here to the shore and we will take you aboard.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret Penrose
British Dictionary definitions for aboard
/ (əˈbɔːd) /
on, in, onto, or into (a ship, train, aircraft, etc)
nautical alongside (a vessel)
all aboard! a warning to passengers to board a vehicle, ship, etc
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