| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·board |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -bôrd , -b rd |
| ADVERB: | 1. On board a ship, train, aircraft, or other passenger vehicle. 2. At the side; alongside. 3. In or into a group, organization, or business: brought aboard two new designers. 4. Baseball On base. | | PREPOSITION: | On board of; on; in. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English abord : a-, on; see a–2 + bord, ship (from Old English bord).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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