onward

5 definitions found

onward - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Onward \On"ward\, adv.
     Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively;
     as, to move onward.
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           Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. --Pope.
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  Onward \On"ward\, a.
     1. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a
        contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward
        course, progress, etc.
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     2. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
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              Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward
              the fruits were of his friend's labor. --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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onward - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  onward
      adv 1: forward in time or order or degree; "from that time
             forth"; "from the sixth century onward" [syn: forth,
             forward, onward]
      2: in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead
         slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the
         forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: ahead,
         onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader]

onward - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Onward, IN (town, FIPS 56664)
    Location: 40.69397 N, 86.19539 W
    Population (1990): 63 (29 housing units)
    Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

onward - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "onward":
     advancing, ahead, alee, along, en route to, facing, for, forth,
     forward, forward-looking, forwards, frontward, frontwards,
     go-ahead, headward, headwards, moving, on, oncoming, ongoing,
     onwards, proceeding, progressing, progressive, vanward