on board
on
ɑn
aan
board
bɑrd
baard
/ɒn ˈbɔːd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "on board"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜ/āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύ/āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇, āφāϰ⧋āĻšā§€

on a means of transportation such as an aircraft, train, or ship
on board definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The crew made final checks while the tourists got on board.
1.1

āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡, āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāĻĄāĻŧ⧇

used to indicate riding a horse in a race, especially of a jockey
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was on board for the colt's last two wins.
āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϜāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡, āĻĻāϞ⧇

onto or within a group, team, or organization as a participant
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We hope to get the new consultant on board by Monday.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻĻāĻžāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻāϞ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
03

āĻŦ⧇āϏ⧇, āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇

(baseball) on a base
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The leadoff batter got on board with a single.
āϞāĻŋāĻĄāĻ…āĻĢ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟāϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϞ āϏāĻš āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡ āωāϠ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡, āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀

in agreement with or supportive of a plan, decision, or idea
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was n't on board with the plan at first.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
05

āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡, āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§‡

into the body or system, often used with reference to food, drink, or information
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He struggled to get food on board after the illness.
āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜ/āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ/āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύ āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇, āωāĻĒāϰ

on or onto a ship, aircraft, train, or other vehicle as a passenger, crew member, or cargo
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The technicians loaded the equipment on board the plane just before takeoff.
āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āύāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύāϰāĻž āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āĻ…āĻĢ⧇āϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϗ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āωāĻĒāϰ, āφāϰ⧋āĻšā§€

on or onto a particular horse in the context of horse racing, as the rider
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was on board a promising young filly for the championship race.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύāĻļāĻŋāĻĒ āϰ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞ āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡, āĻĻāϞ⧇

onto or as part of a team, group, or project as a participant or member
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The new CEO is now on board the company, ready to lead its expansion.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāĻŋāχāĻ“ āĻāĻ–āύ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ