on board
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: aboard
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: in support of a particular objective
needed to get more senators on board for the bill to pass
: carried within or occurring aboard a vehicle (such as a satellite or an automobile)
an onboard computer
onboard recorders
Examples of on board in a Sentence
Adjective
The car comes with an onboard computer.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
Other cameras include the onboard camera, which is placed on the rear wing, nose and around the car.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
An onboard tracking system inside the unit also relocks the beams automatically whenever the unit gets shifted or jostled.
—Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2026
Masinsin added without elaborating that two of those onboard were foreigners, including one of the two who died.
—ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Such ships require steady energy supplies to maintain high cruising speeds while powering numerous onboard systems.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
Other cameras include the onboard camera, which is placed on the rear wing, nose and around the car.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
An onboard tracking system inside the unit also relocks the beams automatically whenever the unit gets shifted or jostled.
—Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2026
Masinsin added without elaborating that two of those onboard were foreigners, including one of the two who died.
—ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
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“On board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20board. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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