aboard

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled aboord

US /əˈbɔɹd/ UK /əˈbɔːd/ See IPA manual

Freq #2952

Meanings

1

adv
on or onto a ship, plane, train, or bus

Once everyone was aboard, the ship set sail.
2

adv
as a new member of a team, group, or company

The manager welcomed the new employee aboard.

Thesaurus

Word family

Derived forms liveaboardrollaboard

Etymology

From Middle English abord, from a- (“on”) + bord (“board, side of a ship”); equivalent to a- + board.

abord Middle English

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Topics

Describing Qualities Maritime & Sailing

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# aboard

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /əˈbɔɹd/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈbɔːd/
**Frequency rank:** 2952

## Meanings
1. on or onto a ship, plane, train, or bus
2. as a new member of a team, group, or company

## Examples
- Once everyone was aboard, the ship set sail.
- The manager welcomed the new employee aboard.

## Derived Forms
- liveaboard
- rollaboard

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: abord

## Etymology
From Middle English abord, from a- (“on”) + bord (“board, side of a ship”); equivalent to a- + board.

## AI Etymology
Aboard is from Middle English abord, from a- (“on”) plus bord (“board, side of a ship”); equivalent to a- plus board. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as an adverb, aboard denotes on or onto a ship, plane, train, or bus and as a new member of a team, group, or company. The same word family continues in derived forms such as liveaboard and rollaboard.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Maritime & Sailing

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