aboard
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- adverb
- /əˈbɔrd/
:
a bordo
- The pilot announced that everyone aboard the flight should fasten their seatbelts.
- come aboard
- climb aboard
- bring aboard
Oh, I did not know who my father was, but my mother did spend some time aboard a certain Starship Enterprise.
- Oh, I did not know who my father was, but my mother did spend some time aboard a certain Starship Enterprise.
- What happened was my battalion commander, Chandler Johnson, aboard ship on a transport going to Saipan from Hawaii.
- I've noticed that when I get aboard an aircraft for this pump, almost always I am the only passenger who has one.
Examples
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Take them both aboard and put the princess in my quarters.
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Oh, I did not know who my father was, but my mother did spend some time aboard a certain Starship Enterprise.
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Just say this is the same day, same day aboard Air Force One.
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And those that step aboard will only know what is not what has been lost.
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Only the harbor watch was aboard when the fire started.
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The rest of you, leave your firearms aboard.
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Okay, all aboard who's going aboard.
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Then, you and Doctor McCoy went aboard to make certain the job was complete.
Fiction book (1991) -
-Is all the baggage aboard?
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First, a squad of tough-looking security types came aboard and searched the ship from bow to stern.
Fiction book (1991)
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Etymology
Aboard comes from old English on + board, where board meant the ship's deck or a wooden plank. So to be aboard something first meant to be 'on the ship', which is why we now use it for trains, planes, and other vehicles.