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. all aboard!
   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

Earlier this year, during a second flight aboard a Dragon capsule, he became the first private citizen to conduct a spacewalk.

From Science Magazine

Murphy himself was spotted aboard a narrowboat in his full Tommy Shelby costume, including his instantly-recognisable cap, as the crew began filming along the aqueduct and nearby waterways on Sunday afternoon.

From BBC

Roger, along with fellow rebels Robert Monteith and Daniel Julian Bailey, was ferried back to the coastal waters off Ireland aboard a German u-boat.

From BBC

There were no passengers aboard the train and no reported injuries but a local resident said the train derailed "inches" from a family's garden fence.

From BBC

But the airline has yet to confirm the number of passengers aboard.

From Los Angeles Times