aboard

[uh-bawrd, uh-bohrd]

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.

preposition

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

   to come aboard a ship.

aboard

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of aboard¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

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!

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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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.

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