board
noun
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
have boarded
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present perfectof board.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Passengers have boarded, conductors have checked tickets, and everything appears ready to go.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026
One popular feature of the app is Virtual Gate, which shows precisely how many people have boarded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
They have boarded trains to Moscow, St Petersburg and Kazan in the west, and Khabarovsk and Vladivostok further east.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024
Tunisian authorities dumped the African migrants there after rounding them up in the Mediterranean port of Sfax, hours away, where growing numbers have boarded boats to nearby Europe this year.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
It is night, I think, though it’s hard to be sure because they have boarded up the windows of the bus from the outside.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
