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a⋅board

[uh-bawrd, uh-bohrd]
–adverb
1. on board; on, in, or into a ship, train, airplane, bus, etc.: to step aboard.
2. alongside; to the side.
3. Baseball. on base: a homer with two aboard.
4. into a group as a new member: The office manager welcomed him aboard.
–preposition
5. on board of; on, in, or into: to come aboard a ship.
6. all aboard! (as a warning to passengers entering or planning to enter a train, bus, boat, etc., just before starting) Everyone get on!

Origin:
1350–1400; ME abord(e) (see a- 1 , board ), perh. conflated with MF a bord
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