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Adverb or adjective
Officials have confirmed there were four military strikes against the boat -- the first strike killing nine of the 11 people aboard.—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2025 Some had as many as 10 or more people aboard, and smugglers usually employ small crews to allow more space for drugs.—Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 7 Dec. 2025
Preposition
The instrument, about the size of a microwave oven, flies aboard a high-altitude NASA ER-2 research aircraft.—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2025 Later he was deported to Australia aboard the Dunera alongside hundreds of other refugees—including a grandson of Sigmund Freud, who had been similarly classified.—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aboard
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Etymology
Adverb or adjective
Middle English abord, probably in part borrowed from Middle French a bord, a bort "on board," in part from Middle English a-a- entry 1 + bord "board, side of a ship" — more at board entry 1
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