aboard

American  

[uh-bawrd, uh-bohrd] / əˈbɔrd, əˈboʊrd /

adverb

1. on board; on, in, or into a ship, train, airplane, bus, etc..

   to step aboard.

2. alongside; to the side.

3. Baseball. on base.

   a homer with two aboard.

4. into a group as a new member.

   The office manager welcomed him aboard.

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preposition

1. on board of; on, in, or into.

   to come aboard a ship.

idioms

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

aboard British  

/ əˈbɔːd /

adverb

1. on, in, onto, or into (a ship, train, aircraft, etc)

2. nautical alongside (a vessel)

3. a warning to passengers to board a vehicle, ship, etc

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Etymology

Origin of aboard

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

Example Sentences

Johnston swallowed his fear and climbed aboard the plane.

From Literature

They will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, lifted into orbit by a Falcon 9 rocket.

From Science Daily

“That sounds all right to me,” she said, and ran aboard, sure-footed.

From Literature

"I haven't seen all of the details, but what I have seen is obviously concerning," Starmer told reporters aboard a plane bound for China, where he arrived Wednesday for an official visit.

From Barron's

Mother begs the captain to let us keep Father’s body on board until we land, so that we can bury him, but the captain says the dead cannot remain aboard the ship.

From Literature