aboard

[ uh-bawrd, uh-bohrd ]
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adverb
  1. on board; on, in, or into a ship, train, airplane, bus, etc.: to step aboard.

  2. alongside; to the side.

  1. Baseball. on base: a homer with two aboard.

  2. into a group as a new member: The office manager welcomed him aboard.

preposition
  1. on board of; on, in, or into: to come aboard a ship.

Idioms about aboard

  1. all aboard! (as a warning to passengers entering or planning to enter a train, bus, boat, etc., just before starting) Everyone get on!

Origin of aboard

1
1350–1400; Middle English abord(e) (see a-1, board), perhaps conflated with Middle French a bord

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British Dictionary definitions for aboard

aboard

/ (əˈbɔːd) /


adverb, adjective, preposition(postpositive)
  1. on, in, onto, or into (a ship, train, aircraft, etc)

  2. nautical alongside (a vessel)

  1. all aboard! a warning to passengers to board a vehicle, ship, etc

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