aboard

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
  2. adverb on first or second or third base
  3. adverb side by side

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

on board

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