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On board

Meaning in business english, with examples

phraseCommon term

In business english, on board means: Supporting a plan or decision and willing to take part in it; also used to say that someone has joined a team or company.

In Turkish: destekleyen, işin içinde, aynı fikirde

How it is used

Common patterns: 'get someone on board' (win their support), 'Is finance on board?', and 'Welcome on board!' or 'Welcome aboard!' for new colleagues. It comes from being on a ship or plane.

Example sentences

  1. We need to get the regional managers on board before we announce the change.

  2. Is legal on board with the new contract template?

Common collocations

  • get someone on board
  • be on board with something
  • welcome on board
  • bring someone on board
  • onboardingThe process of welcoming new employees and helping them learn the company's systems, people and way of working.
  • on the same pageHaving the same understanding of a situation, plan or goal as the other people involved.
  • stakeholderA person or group that is affected by a project or company decision, or has an interest in it, such as employees, customers, investors or suppliers.
  • sign off onTo give official approval to a plan, document, budget or piece of work so that it can go ahead.

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