Pronunciations (4)
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/əˈbɔːd/
Pronunciation notes
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/əˈbɔɹd/
Pronunciation notes
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əˈbɔːd
Pronunciation notes
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əˈbɔɹd
Pronunciation notes
- US
Adverb
On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
Usage- not-comparable
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We all climbed aboard.
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As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.
Trump said he signed the executive orders while aboard Air Force One on a return flight to Washington from Florida.
On or onto a horse, a camel, etc.
Usage- not-comparable
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to sling a saddle aboard
On base.
Usage- not-comparable
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He doubled with two men aboard, scoring them both.
Into a team, group, or company.
Usage- not-comparable
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The office manager welcomed him aboard.
Alongside.
Usage- not-comparable
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The ships came close aboard to pass messages.
The captain laid his ship aboard the enemy's ship.
Preposition
On board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane.
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We all went aboard the ship.
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Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
Onto a horse.
Across; athwart; alongside.
Usage- Obsolete
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Nor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast.
Adverb
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
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on first or second or third base
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Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard
side by side
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anchored close aboard another ship
part of a group
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Bill's been aboard for three years now