onboarding

/ˈɒnbɔːdɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɑːnbɔːrdɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈȯn-ˌbȯr-diŋ ˈän-/ (ame, mw)

onboarding — noun

1. the steps a company uses to welcome a new worker and teach them the skills, rule

1.名詞B2
釋義

the steps a company uses to welcome a new worker and teach them the skills, rules, and tools they need to do their job well.

例句

Aoi finished her onboarding at the bank in two weeks.

noun phrase: finish + one's + onboarding

The hospital improved its onboarding process after several new nurses quit early.

collocation: onboarding process

同義詞
  • induction

    British English; often the formal first-day or first-week introduction.

  • orientation

    narrower; usually a single session or short program of presentations, not the whole multi-week process.

反義詞
  • offboarding

    the steps for handling a worker who is leaving the company.

文法句型

employee onboarding

onboarding process

during onboarding

用法筆記

Subject is usually a company, team, or HR department; the person being onboarded is a new hire. Almost always uncountable — say 'the onboarding', not 'an onboarding'.

常見錯誤

❌I had an onboarding yesterday.
✅I had my onboarding session yesterday.
💡'onboarding' is uncountable; use a counting noun like 'session' or 'meeting' for a single event.
❌The company onboardings new staff every Monday.
✅The company onboards new staff every Monday.
💡'onboarding' is a noun; the verb form is 'onboard'.

2. the steps a company takes to guide a new customer or user through its product or

2.名詞B2
釋義

the steps a company takes to guide a new customer or user through its product or service so they know how to use it and stay with the company.

例句

The app's onboarding shows new users how to set up an account in three short steps.

collocation: user onboarding / onboarding steps

Nkechi led the team that designed the onboarding for the bank's new mobile wallet.

noun: designed the onboarding for [product]

同義詞
  • activation

    narrower; the moment a new user first does the core action of the product, not the full guided journey.

反義詞
  • churn

    the loss of customers who stop using a product; what good onboarding tries to prevent.

文法句型

customer onboarding

user onboarding

onboarding flow

用法筆記

Most common in tech, SaaS, banking, and e-commerce contexts. Distinguish from sense 1 by the object: this sense is about CUSTOMERS or USERS of a product, not about new EMPLOYEES of a company.

常見錯誤

❌The store gave me an onboarding when I joined the loyalty club.
✅The store walked me through an onboarding process when I joined the loyalty club.
💡'onboarding' is uncountable; add a counting noun like 'process' or 'flow'.