Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

offboard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: off-board
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To alight, especially from public transit or an aircraft.

verb

To prepare someone's departure from a group.

Transitive verb

adj

Alternative form of off board

noun

A feed, video, image, etc., taken of a vehicle's situation, from a position that is not on the vehicle.

Example Sentences

"It's easiest to onboard and offboard employees if you have a checklist to follow."
"There were memes about divorce rates spiking in San Francisco, about “offboarding” one’s wife and about requiring your partner to submit a “purchase order approval form” to spend money."

Etymology

off + board, from off board (“phrase”), equivalent to off- + board.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: off

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

offboards (present, singular) offboarding (participle, present) offboarded (participle, past) offboarded (past) offboards (plural)

Phrases

exit interview

Frequently Paired Words

exit interview onboard off board

Antonyms

onboard

Questions

What does offboard mean?: To alight, especially from public transit or an aircraft.
Where does offboard come from?: off + board, from off board (“phrase”), equivalent to off- + board.

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