on·ward

[on-werd, awn-]
adverb Also, on·wards.
1.
toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
2.
at a position or point in advance.
adjective
3.
directed or moving onward or forward; forward.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see on, -ward


1. See forward.


1, 3. backward.
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onward (ˈɒnwəd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  directed or moving forwards, onwards, etc
 
adv
2.  a variant of onwards

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onwards or onward (ˈɒnwədz) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adv
at or towards a point or position ahead, in advance, etc
 
onward or onward
 
adv

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onward
late 14c., from on, on model of inward, forward. The form onwards, with adverbial genitive -s-, is attested from c.1600.
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In some months of the year, however, there often chances a forenoon when
  affairs move onward with a livelier tread.
Versions three and onward are summarized below, from reader mail.
And from that point onward the poor reasoning and bad grammar only get worse.
The wave moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not.
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