aboard

adverb or adjective

\ ə-ˈbȯrd

Definition of aboard

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : alongside

2a : 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

aboard

preposition

Definition of aboard (Entry 2 of 2)

: on, onto, within go aboard ship aboard a plane

Examples of aboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb or adjective

In addition to the Seabed Constructor's crew of about 60 people, the crew was joined during the two-month search for the San Juan by three officers of the Argentine Navy and four family members of the sub's crew, who were aboard to observe. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Doomed Argentine sub found a year after its disappearance," 19 Nov. 2018 The incident, which happened around 8 p.m., caused delays for the roughly 100 riders who were aboard. — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, "Person struck and killed by Amtrak train Wednesday evening," 12 July 2018 The cockpit voice recorder from Lion Air Flight 610 has been found by Indonesian authorities, not far from where the doomed Boeing 737 Max 8 plunged into the ocean killing all 189 people aboard. — Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, "Authorities Find Cockpit Voice Recorder of Crashed Lion Air Flight 610," 14 Jan. 2019 With Haloti Ngata aboard and Michael Bennett a dynamic interior player on passing downs, the Eagles can survive their fifth-year stud’s absence. — Andy Benoit, SI.com, "Witten Retires, Matt Ryan Gets Rich(er), and Kickoffs Might Not Stick Around," 4 May 2018 Mosquito came adjacent on the port side with 200 men jumping aboard. — Richard Kurin, Smithsonian, "A Hundred-Year-Old Handmade American Flag Flies Home… to Scotland," 30 Apr. 2018 In 2015, the group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that brought down a Russian passenger-jet over Sinai, killing all 224 people aboard. — Amira El-fekki, WSJ, "Bomb Attack Near Egypt’s Pyramids Kills Four, Injures 12," 28 Dec. 2018 The ship had 629 migrants aboard, hailing from 26 different countries in Africa, and included 123 minors, 11 small children and seven pregnant women. — Gaia Pianigiani, BostonGlobe.com, "Italy’s new populist government turns away ship with 600 migrants aboard," 11 June 2018 The ship had 629 migrants aboard, hailing from 26 countries in Africa, and included 123 minors, 11 small children and seven pregnant women. — Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, "Italy’s New Populist Government Turns Away Ship With 600 Migrants Aboard," 11 June 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition

The probe will be aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket, which is one of the largest rockets in the world. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "Watch NASA launch the Parker Solar Probe toward the sun," 10 Aug. 2018 All four people aboard a light aircraft died Sunday after the plane crashed into a wooded area in Green County. — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "4 dead in fiery plane crash in Green County," 10 June 2018 In lieu of human company aboard the aircraft, patients would be connected to base through a remote monitoring system. — Jack Stewart, WIRED, "Israel's Self-Flying 'Cormorant' Whisks Wounded Soldiers to Safety," 26 May 2018 All nine crew members aboard the plane Wednesday had helped with hurricane recovery efforts, Rivera said. — Nicole Darrah, Fox News, "Military plane carrying 9 crashes near Georgia airport; no apparent survivors, officials say," 2 Oct. 2018 With the Kardashian crew complete, 34-year-old Khloe took to her Instagram stories to reveal that True was traveling in suitable style for the occasion, wrapped in fluffy blankets while aboard a private plane at just four months old. — Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, "Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson Are Taking Daughter True on a Family Vacation With Kris Jenner," 3 Sep. 2018 Previously: Fans of Post Malone are keeping their eyes on the skies on Tuesday after it was reported that the rapper was aboard a malfunctioning plane being forced to fly in circles to prepare for an emergency landing. — Andrea Park, Teen Vogue, "Post Malone Is Reportedly on a Private Jet That's Preparing to Make an Emergency Landing," 21 Aug. 2018 The sign that hangs from the back of the bus reads: criminals and rapists aboard this bus. — Sadia Hassan, Longreads, "Silence is a Lonely Country: A Prayer in Twelve Parts," 13 July 2018 But news junkies like us have grown numb to this willingness to climb aboard the Fake News train. — Naperville Sun, "Letters to the Editor: Time for moderate views to take center stage, too many anti-Trump opinions in paper, more," 6 July 2018

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History and Etymology for aboard

Adverb or adjective

Middle English abord, probably in part borrowed from Middle French a bord, a bort "on board," in part from Middle English a- a- entry 1 + bord "board, side of a ship" — more at board entry 1

Preposition

Middle English abord, derivative of abord aboard entry 1

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