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# aboard

«aboard» in Mova's school dictionary: **on or into a ship, plane, train or bus** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (aboard); preposition (aboard)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Aboard means on or into a ship, plane, train or bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aboard/#m1)

2) "All aboard!" is a call telling people to get on because it is leaving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aboard/#m2)

3) (informal) Coming aboard can mean joining a team or project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aboard/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and travel it shows people getting on vehicles. In word problems, passengers aboard a bus or train are added or taken away at stops. Phrases: all aboard, climb aboard, welcome aboard, go aboard.

### examples

- All aboard! The train is leaving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aboard/#x1)
- There were 40 people aboard the ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aboard/#x2)
- The pilot welcomed us aboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aboard/#x3)
- We climbed aboard the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aboard/#x4)
- At the stop 5 more got aboard, so now 25 are aboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aboard/#x5)
- No pets are allowed aboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aboard/#x6)
- Welcome aboard, new team member! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aboard/#x7)
- The pirates leapt aboard the boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aboard/#x8)
- With one bound, he leaped aboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aboard/#x9)

### note

Same as "on board". Not used with cars or bikes (we say "in a car", "on a bike"). Maths: people getting aboard = add; people getting off = subtract.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aboard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aboard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.