board
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3.2
- noun
- /bɔrd/
- She serves on the board of directors for a nonprofit organization.
- a board member
- a board meeting
- serve on the board
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Watch on YouTubeThe first vote on the board is for Liz.
- The first vote on the board is for Liz.
- Does this management team, CEO, board have access to deal flow?
- So you were invited by the tourism board to go out and.
- And do we even know who's on the board of the Globe?
- Other weeks I'll resign from a board that I'm on.
- But then the the overall board said, no, no, we can't do that.
- Why not just tell the board, even maybe Norton, tell the players?
- And that's how we wrote this institutional board review.
- So that's from the board partner perspective speaking with them.
- Local board, school boards and boards of education.
Examples
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Mandatory board meeting tomorrow morning, the bylaws will be changed.
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In such cases, the elected board of directors is held accountable to the shareholders.
Academic text (2017) -
We'll probably need half the board for this one.
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The board has agreed to move forward with your program under one condition.
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I now sit on the board in a strategic guidance capacity.
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Well, I speak as chair of the National Board for Education Sciences.
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There should be independent review boards to establish that.
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She is on the board of multiple charities.
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All study procedures received institutional review board approval from Washington University's Human Research Protection Office.
Academic text (2012) -
I interacted with the President, members of the board, personnel contracts, and discipline issues.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
3.2
A group of people who meet to discuss and make decisions about something
117
2.3
A group of people who make decisions about local public schools
85
3.1
A group of people chosen to oversee and make important decisions for a company
17
3.4
A group of people or organization that manages and sets rules for an institution
16
3.5
A group of people who give expert advice to an organization like a company or university
15
3.2
A group of people chosen to make important decisions for a school or other organization
8
2.3
An official group of people who manage local public schools
4
3.5
A group of people who direct and make important decisions for an organization
2
6.1
A group who run a college or university and make key decisions about rules, staff, and students
1
3.8
A group of local officials who advise and approve plans for land and buildings
1
8.9
A group of elected officials who run a town government, often in New England, USA
1
6.0
A group of chosen officials who decide complaints about decisions by authorities
1
3.9
A group of officials who review and decide on complaints about decisions
Idioms
- Informal
9
4.2
Start again from the beginning when a plan or idea fails
- Informal
To begin a plan or project again from the start after a failure
Compounds
85
3.1
A group of people chosen to oversee and make important decisions for a company
- Formal
43
2.5
A meeting of people who run a company to discuss and decide important matters
27
8.2
A board with letters and a small pointer that people use to try to talk to spirits
26
5.1
Seven people who set interest rates and other money rules in the United States
22
3.7
A person who leads a board that makes important decisions for a company
16
3.5
A group of people who give expert advice to an organization like a company or university
- Formal
15
3.2
A group of people chosen to make important decisions for a school or other organization
- Specialized
14
3.7
A flat board inside devices like phones or computers that holds and connects electronic parts
- Jargon
3
6.3
A large electronic screen at the New York Stock Exchange that shows stock prices and activity
- Informal
3
4.1
A flat panel with switches and dials used to operate and check electric equipment
- US
2
7.4
A large electronic or physical board that shows current stock prices at an exchange
- Specialized
2
7.2
A measure of wood volume equal to a piece one foot long, one foot wide and one inch thick
- Formal
2
6.1
A group who run a college or university and make key decisions about rules, staff, and students
2
3.5
A board made from small wood pieces glued and pressed for furniture and building
1
4.1
An independent United States agency that helps settle disputes between employers and labor unions
- Formal
1
3.8
A group of local officials who advise and approve plans for land and buildings
- Texting
1
3.7
A computer system online that lets people post messages and read shared information
- Jargon
1
6.8
A flat stiff piece worn on the shoulder to show rank in the military or police
- Formal
1
6.0
A group of chosen officials who decide complaints about decisions by authorities
- Formal
1
8.9
A group of elected officials who run a town government, often in New England, USA
- Archaic
1
7.2
A computer service where people connect to share messages and files, often used before the internet
1
4.8
A narrow board fixed along the bottom of an inside wall to cover the gap to the floor
- Specialized
1
6.1
A thin board inside an instrument that vibrates to make the sound louder
- Specialized
The main circuit board inside a computer that holds the processor and other parts
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Board (a group of managers) comes from people meeting around a 'board' or table to make decisions, so the group itself became known as the board.