a·board

(ə-bôrd′)

adv.

1. On board a ship, train, aircraft, or other passenger vehicle.

2. At the side; alongside.

3. In or into a group, organization, or business: brought aboard two new designers.

4. Baseball On base.

prep.

On board of; on; in.

[Middle English abord : a-, on; see a-² + bord, ship (from Old English bord).]

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aboard

(əˈbɔːd)

adv, adj, prep (postpositive)

1. on, in, onto, or into (a ship, train, aircraft, etc)

2. (Nautical Terms) nautical alongside (a vessel)

3. all aboard! a warning to passengers to board a vehicle, ship, etc

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a•board

(əˈbɔrd, əˈboʊrd)

adv.

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

2. alongside; to the side.

3. into a group as a new member: The manager welcomed him aboard.

prep.

4. on board of; on, in, or into: aboard a ship.

[1350–1400]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adv.	1.	aboard - on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle on board
	2.	aboard - on first or second or third base; "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard" on base baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
	3.	aboard - side by side; "anchored close aboard another ship" alongside
	4.	aboard - part of a group; "Bill's been aboard for three years now"

Translations

عَلَى ظَهْر

do vlaku apodna paluběna palubu

an Bord

a bordo

à à bord dans en sur

hajóra száll

um borî

a bordo

uz kuģa

om bord

do vlakuna palubu

na krov

-dee…

在某種交通工具上

aboard

[əˈbɔːd]

A. ADV (Naut) → a bordo
to go aboard → embarcar, subir a bordo
to take aboard → embarcar, cargar
all aboard! (Rail) → ¡viajeros, al tren!
life aboard is pleasant → es agradable la vida de a bordo

B. PREP aboard the ship → a bordo del barco
aboard the train → en el tren

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

aboard

[əˈbɔː^rd]

adv → à bord
all aboard! (into car) → en voiture!; (onto ship) → tout le monde à bord!

prep [+ ship, plane, flight] → à bord de; [+ train] → dans

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

aboard

adv (on plane, ship) → an Bord; (on train) → im Zug; (on bus) → im Bus; all aboard! → alle an Bord!; (on train, bus) → alles einsteigen!; to go aboard → an Bord gehen; they were no sooner aboard than the train/bus moved off → sie waren kaum eingestiegen, als der Zug/Bus auch schon abfuhr

prep aboard the ship/plane → an Bord des Schiffes/Flugzeugs; aboard the train/bus → im Zug/Bus

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

aboard

[əˈbɔːd]

1. adv (Naut, Aer) → a bordo
to go aboard → salire a bordo
all aboard! (Rail) → (signori) in carrozza or in vettura! (Naut) → tutti a bordo!

2. prep aboard the ship → a bordo (della nave), sulla nave
aboard the train → in or sul treno

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

aboard

(əˈboːd) adverb, preposition

on(to) or in(to) (a means of transport). We were aboard for several hours; He went aboard the ship/train/aircraft.

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There was no sign of those she sought nor of any other aboard, and so she went about her search for her husband and the child she hoped against hope to find there without interruption.

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herself, quite ready to sail so soon as they should have clambered aboard and swung the long boat to its davits.

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For fifteen hours the battle lasted, Sir Richard himself was sorely wounded, and when far into the night the fighting ceased, two of the Spanish vessels were sunk "and in many other of the Spanish ships great slaughter was made." "But the Spanish ships which attempted to board the Revenge, as they were wounded and beaten off, so always others came in their places, she having never less than two might galleons by her sides and aboard her.

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As there was no alternative save death, the survivors surrendered and a moment later were taken aboard the Amoz, the name that I could now see printed in large letters upon the felucca's bow, and which no one in that whole world could read except Perry and I.

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I put the Reindeer about on the other tack, ran up under the lee of a junk, shivered the mainsail into the wind and lost headway, and forged past the stern of the junk so slowly and so near that one of the patrolmen stepped lightly aboard. Then I kept off, filled the mainsail, and bore away for a second junk.

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Much of my service had been spent aboard the great merchantmen-of-war.

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There are seven boats aboard, the captain's dingey, and the six which the hunters will use.

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"I have overmuch to do," Sir Nigel answered, "for we must be aboard, horse and man, as early as we may.

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A day or two passed, and there was great activity aboard the pequod.

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I went aboard and got this stateroom and put on these clothes and went up in the pilot-house--to watch, though I didn't reckon there was any need of it.

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The boatswain, Job Anderson, was the likeliest man aboard, and though he kept his old title, he served in a way as mate.

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Afterwards it occurred to me that probably I had seen him as I was lifted aboard; and yet that scarcely satisfied my suspicion of a previous acquaintance.

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