Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To board (an aircraft, for example) ahead of the regular time or before other passengers.
- intransitive verb To allow (one or more passengers) to board ahead of the regular time or before other passengers.
- intransitive verb To board an aircraft or other conveyance ahead of the regular time or before other passengers.
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- verb transitive To allow someone to
step orclimb onto or otherwiseenter aship ,aircraft ,train or otherconveyance before other people are allowed toboard .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The time before a flight departure that US authorities now require passengers to be at an airport in order to allow enough time for mandatory curbside, ticket-counter, food court, security gate and preboard full body scans and/or strip searches; domestic - 3 hours, international - 6 hours.
sourhours (pl n) 2010
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A word like postgraduate is, I suppose, just the flip side of the linguistic tendency that has us prefilling our prescription refills, pre-reserving theater seats, and milling around irritably in airport waiting areas while certain passengers preboard the plane.
Word Court 2005
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A word like postgraduate is, I suppose, just the flip side of the linguistic tendency that has us prefilling our prescription refills, pre-reserving theater seats, and milling around irritably in airport waiting areas while certain passengers preboard the plane.
Word Court 2005
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We preboard the plane so I can get settled before anyone else comes on.
Are We There Yet? Robert Caprio 2003
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We preboard the plane so I can get settled before anyone else comes on.
Are We There Yet? Robert Caprio 2003
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We sat at the end of the terminal, watching mothers preboard with their babies.
Land of the Blind Walter, Jess, 1969- 2003
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In this edition: The etiquette of getting stranded; how many people get to preboard with a toddler?
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The gate agent announces, "Passengers traveling with children under the age of 5 may preboard at this time."
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A: I don't think the whole group gets to preboard.
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"Why didn't you preboard?" the flight attendant says as she sees us lumbering down the ramp at her.
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