aboard B1 Topic:Transportation 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 AI details From Middle English abord, from a- (“on”) + bord (“board, side of a ship”); equivalent to a- + board. abord Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Transportation markdown