aboard
1 of 2adverb or adjective
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2
a
: on, onto, or within a vehicle (such as a car or ship)
b
: in or into a group, association, or organization
her second promotion since coming aboard
3
baseball
: on base
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
In the top of the fifth, Tommy Edman, looking for his first hit since coming off the IL, lined a 106 MPH scorcher to the left of Casey Schmitt at second base, who made a diving catch to keep Los Angeles from getting the leadoff batter aboard.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Some lava tubes that wrap across the surface of the Red Planet could make perfect protective shells to position prefabricated human habitats transported aboard the massive Starship capsules that are now counting down to descending on Mars.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Adverb or adjective
Clark, who knelt beside Foo 30 years ago when the surfer was pulled lifeless from the sea, watched Slebir’s epic ride that day from the back of a Sea-Doo, set up to pull flailing surfers aboard.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
In the top of the fifth, Tommy Edman, looking for his first hit since coming off the IL, lined a 106 MPH scorcher to the left of Casey Schmitt at second base, who made a diving catch to keep Los Angeles from getting the leadoff batter aboard.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Preposition
The new 12-night journey will launch in the summer of 2027 aboard the company's ice-breaking Le Commandant Charcot ship and is purposely designed to meet demand for a shorter cruise that still celebrates polar exploration, Ponant shared with Travel + Leisure.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Some lava tubes that wrap across the surface of the Red Planet could make perfect protective shells to position prefabricated human habitats transported aboard the massive Starship capsules that are now counting down to descending on Mars.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Aboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aboard. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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aboard
1 of 2 adverb
ə-ˈbōrd 
-ˈbȯrd
: on, onto, or within a vehicle (as a car, ship, or airplane)
aboard
2 of 2 preposition
: on or into especially as a passenger
go aboard ship
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