ONWARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does onward mean? 

• ONWARD (adverb)
  The adverb ONWARD has 2 senses:

1. forward in time or order or degree

2. in a forward direction

  Familiarity information: ONWARD used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONWARD (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Forward in time or order or degree

Synonyms:

forth; forward; onward

Context example:

from the sixth century onward

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a forward direction

Synonyms:

ahead; forrader; forward; forwards; onward; onwards

Context example:

they went slowly forward in the mud

 Context examples 

He, without a moment’s warning, was bundled out of his room, and from that time onward there were always at least two of you there to prevent him from regaining his treasure.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes tied the dog to the hedge, and we hastened onward.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This was a signal for him to strap on his pack and stumble onward, he knew not where.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The results of this research suggest that it is important to train attention from early childhood onward.

(Study reveals attention training improves intelligence and brain function of children, University of Granada)

We must fight our way onward.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The rippling motion of muscles in the intestine or other tubular organs characterized by the alternate contraction and relaxation of the muscles that propel the contents onward.

(Peristalsis, NCI Dictionary)

Although the initiating event activating the complement cascade is distinct in the lectin-induced pathway, from the C3 convertase onward the lectin induced complement pathway is the same as the classical complement pathway.

(Lectin Induced Complement Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Be ready to act next month from March 11 onward.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

At the corner where the main stream of people flowed onward, he started to edge out into the cross street.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He mounted, as he spoke, a white mule which had been grazing by the wayside, all gay with fustian of gold and silver bells, and rode onward with Sir Nigel's party.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)