on·board

(ŏn-bôrd′, ôn-)

adj.

1. Carried or used aboard a vehicle or vessel: onboard radar systems.

2. Participating in or supporting an effort: I contacted my sisters to make sure they were onboard before I booked the beach house for our vacation.

adv.

1. Onto a vehicle or vessel: "His 'semi-fiancée' came onboard at Cape Town" (Dale Peterson).

2. Into a state of participation of support for an effort: "If you were running one of the organization's programs or schools, you did everything you could to get the parents onboard" (Paul Tough).

prep.

Aboard: "the long hours onboard an aircraft on the way to some diplomatic engagement abroad" (Molly Worthen).

tr.v. on·board·ed, on·board·ing, on·boards

To introduce to a system or process: a human resources administrator who onboards new hires.

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onboarding

(ˌɒnˈbɔːdɪŋ)

the induction and assimilation of a new employee into a company or organizationthe management of the early stages of a relationship between a business and a customer

[C21: from the phrase to get someone on board]

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