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on⋅ward

[on-werd, awn-]
–adverb Also, onwards.
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; ME; see on, -ward


1. See forward.


1, 3. backward.
on·ward   (ŏn'wərd, ôn'-)   
adj.  Moving or tending forward.
adv.   also on·wards (-wərdz)
In a direction or toward a position that is ahead in space or time; forward.

Onward

On"ward\, a. 1. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.

2. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.

Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labor. --Sir P. Sidney.

Onward

On"ward\, adv. Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.

Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. --Pope.
Language Translation for : onward
Spanish: hacia delante,
German: vorwärts,
Japanese: 前方へ

onward 
c.1386, from on, on model of inward, forward. The form onwards, with adverbial genitive -s-, is attested from c.1600.
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