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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.
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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.
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Word Origin & History

onward 
c.1386, from on, on model of inward, forward. The form onwards, with adverbial genitive -s-, is attested from c.1600.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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