aboard

[ uh-bawrd, uh-bohrd ]

adverb

1. on board; on, in, or into a ship, train, airplane, bus, etc.:

   to step aboard.

2. alongside; to the side.
3. Baseball. on base:

   a homer with two aboard.

4. into a group as a new member:

   The office manager welcomed him aboard.

preposition

1. on board of; on, in, or into:

   to come aboard a ship.

aboard

/ əˈbɔːd /

adverb

1. on, in, onto, or into (a ship, train, aircraft, etc)
2. nautical alongside (a vessel)
3. all aboard!
   a warning to passengers to board a vehicle, ship, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of aboard¹

1350–1400; Middle English abord ( e ) ( a- ¹, board ), perhaps conflated with Middle French a bord

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. all aboard! (as a warning to passengers entering or planning to enter a train, bus, boat, etc., just before starting) Everyone get on!

Example Sentences

At times, the professionals attending to me on the mountainside were not sure if things were getting better or worse so they decided to have me winched aboard a Coastguard helicopter and taken to hospital.

From BBC

Hordes of foreign visitors climbing aboard a travel coach is a familiar sight in the Costa de Sol.

From BBC

The outlet confirms 99 people were aboard the flight.

From BBC

The plane had crashed into the Pentagon, killing all aboard.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the two men aboard the second capsized boat, which became distressed early Monday, was found, but he died soon after his rescue, the Sheriff’s Office said.

From Los Angeles Times