aboard
1 of 2adverb or adjective
1
2
a
: on, onto, or within a vehicle (such as a car or ship)
b
: in or into a group, association, or organization
her second promotion since coming aboard
3
baseball
: on base
Examples of aboard in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Hop aboard and snuggle up in a plaid blanket for an outing to a campsite, where the ranch provides cold-weather sustenance like hot chocolate.
—Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2024
After spending months aboard, Virts admits that the space station doesn’t have great viewing windows.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
South Carolina and Texas were among the first to mandate coverage in 2007; by 2019, all 50 states were aboard.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
Within just a few hours, the window of one Philippine boat would be shattered by water cannon and four sailors aboard would be injured.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
That’s why Ian Boden, the chef-owner behind the sublime Shack in Staunton, was brought aboard as culinary partner, and Boden in turn recruited Matthew Zafrir, previously with the Japanese-Spanish Cranes in Penn Quarter, to serve as chef de cuisine.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
Thirty-five people died as seven vehicles, including a bus with 26 people aboard, tumbled into the water below.
—Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
Coming aboard in their place are Maliek Collins and Jordan Elliott, while Kevin Givens returns on a one-year contract.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Many passengers didn’t realize what had happened in the Sunday incident until word started to spread through the plane, travelers aboard Southwest 3695 told KPRC.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
In 1990, Kessler and Freeman left California aboard Zopilote bound for the South Pacific, a 35,000-mile circumnavigation.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Apr. 2024
Watch the fun from Lake Champlain aboard the Spirit of the Ethan Allen cruise, or head to the Shelburne Museum, which will leave its doors open during its eclipse viewing party for folks to contemplate art and the skies simultaneously.
—Melissa Locker, TIME, 6 Apr. 2024
Also refreshing was how many of the 17-year-olds continued a trend of not wanting to climb aboard one particular political party.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Seven agonizing nights aboard the Icon of the Seas
By Gary Shteyngart
Photographs by Gary Shteyngart
Day 1
MY FIRST GLIMPSE of Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, from the window of an approaching Miami cab, brings on a feeling of vertigo, nausea, amazement, and distress.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
Soaring above the clouds Three different experiments will fly aboard NASA’s high-altitude research planes known as WB-57s.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
By then, the Hickox had rescued the men aboard the Milwaukee—except for Harrington, who was the disaster’s only casualty.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Adverb or adjective
Two major nations, China and Russia, have yet to come aboard.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Hop aboard and snuggle up in a plaid blanket for an outing to a campsite, where the ranch provides cold-weather sustenance like hot chocolate.
—Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2024
After spending months aboard, Virts admits that the space station doesn’t have great viewing windows.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
South Carolina and Texas were among the first to mandate coverage in 2007; by 2019, all 50 states were aboard.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
Within just a few hours, the window of one Philippine boat would be shattered by water cannon and four sailors aboard would be injured.
—Rebecca Wright, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
That’s why Ian Boden, the chef-owner behind the sublime Shack in Staunton, was brought aboard as culinary partner, and Boden in turn recruited Matthew Zafrir, previously with the Japanese-Spanish Cranes in Penn Quarter, to serve as chef de cuisine.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
Thirty-five people died as seven vehicles, including a bus with 26 people aboard, tumbled into the water below.
—Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
Coming aboard in their place are Maliek Collins and Jordan Elliott, while Kevin Givens returns on a one-year contract.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
Preposition
General admission is $5 but VIP admission for $35 includes a buffet on either Fleetwood's Rooftop, the Skydeck or the Coop.
Cruise on Lake Erie aboard the Glass City Pear from 12:45-4:45 p.m. to view the eclipse for $49 a person.
—Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Many passengers didn’t realize what had happened in the Sunday incident until word started to spread through the plane, travelers aboard Southwest 3695 told KPRC.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
In 1990, Kessler and Freeman left California aboard Zopilote bound for the South Pacific, a 35,000-mile circumnavigation.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Apr. 2024
Watch the fun from Lake Champlain aboard the Spirit of the Ethan Allen cruise, or head to the Shelburne Museum, which will leave its doors open during its eclipse viewing party for folks to contemplate art and the skies simultaneously.
—Melissa Locker, TIME, 6 Apr. 2024
Also refreshing was how many of the 17-year-olds continued a trend of not wanting to climb aboard one particular political party.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Seven agonizing nights aboard the Icon of the Seas
By Gary Shteyngart
Photographs by Gary Shteyngart
Day 1
MY FIRST GLIMPSE of Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, from the window of an approaching Miami cab, brings on a feeling of vertigo, nausea, amazement, and distress.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
Soaring above the clouds Three different experiments will fly aboard NASA’s high-altitude research planes known as WB-57s.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
By then, the Hickox had rescued the men aboard the Milwaukee—except for Harrington, who was the disaster’s only casualty.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Aboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aboard. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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aboard
1 of 2 adverb
ə-ˈbōrd 
-ˈbȯrd
: on, onto, or within a vehicle (as a car, ship, or airplane)
aboard
2 of 2 preposition
: on or into especially as a passenger
go aboard ship
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