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

Flying from Istanbul to Beirut during his first foreign trip since his election in May, the pope continued the tradition of his predecessors by speaking to reporters aboard the papal plane.

From Barron's

His father stayed behind in Singapore but died when the ship he was aboard was sunk.

From Los Angeles Times

During a gaggle aboard Air Force One, on the way to his vacation, he told reporters he has a special relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

From Salon

There are photographs from the Vietnam War era that have become as iconic as the flag-raising on Iwo Jima or the inferno aboard the Hindenburg.

From The Wall Street Journal

In fact, Doll has already made his purchase — for a six-night Caribbean sailing aboard a Virgin Voyages ship — as part of a pre–Black Friday sale.

From MarketWatch