[ US /ˈɔnwɝd/ ]
[ UK /ˈɒnwəd/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a forward direction
    the boat lurched ahead
    the train moved ahead slowly
    go ahead
    moved onward into the forest
    they went slowly forward in the mud
  2. forward in time or order or degree
    from that time forth
    from the sixth century onward
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How To Use onward In A Sentence

  • For example, the conquering Hittite King Shuppiluliuma I 1344–1322 B.C. stopped in southeastern Anatolia to review his troops and chariots before continuing onward to his goal, the siege of the city of Carchemish. The Trojan War
  • Onward they sailed along the south bank of the estuary, past the great sea-carved stone arches of “Île Percée” that made it an important seamark. Champlain's Dream
  • Rosella seedlings are available through local nurseries from September onwards in the subtropics or during the dry season in tropical regions.
  • In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail. 
  • It was right for him to move onwards and upwards. Times, Sunday Times
  • In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail. 
  • From the fourteenth century onwards, other properties were also abandoned, so that finally the important lasting properties were signification, supposition, ampliation and restriction, and the supposition of relatives. Medieval Theories: Properties of Terms
  • He measured the distance to the nearest Antarctic coast, and onwards to the South Pole.
  • Many dictionaries of Neapolitan dialect from the late eighteenth century onward tell us that pizza, at its simplest, was merely a generic word for all kinds of pies, and for what would be called focaccia or schiacciata elsewhere in Italy, that is, a flat piece of dough dappled with fat or oil and cooked quickly in a hot oven. Delizia!
  • From the point of conception onwards, parents are now viewed as a risk factor in their children's lives.
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