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onward

onward

45 2.7
Moving forward from a certain time or place
  • adverb
  • /ˈɔn.wɚd/
translation icon : en adelante
  • Women tend to develop the disease from age 35 onward, and men from about 50 years.
  • century onward
  • late 1960s onward
  • from the 1960s onward

So with Skylake onward there are HSIO lanes which are high speed IO lanes.

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Examples

  • From this point onward, we will focus on improving our teamwork skills.

  • - Onward and upward, my friend.

  • So every problem from here onward is X hard.

  • And everybody is concerned with identity when from childhood onward, the identity becomes very important.

  • OK, so onward with the next update in the house.

  • So suppose that we panic one day and we say right from tomorrow onward there will be no more emissions.

  • Progress is being made and I guess onward to pattern corrections now.

  • The huge plane moves majestically onward on its course across the Atlantic.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Then a turn in the road and the men in blue marched onward, all strong, tall, and fierce.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Like hopeful cattle, they spill out into the night, onward into a bright future and inevitable defeat in November.

Synonyms

ahead
vsonward
1.0

In front or moving forward to make progress

is wider, covering both future time and forward space
forward
vsonward
1.0

Toward the future from now on

focuses more on simple continuation in time or direction
forth
vsonward
  • Literature
420 7.4

From a starting point forward in time or place

is the neutral everyday term for the same forward motion
onwards
vsonward
17 2.2

From a time or place and continuing forward

is the base form without the final s
upwards
vsonward
4 1.4

Starts at a certain time or age and continues after it

is more neutral, covering both forward time and physical motion
upward
vsonward
3 2.3

Starting at a time and continuing after it

is the general term for continuing forward in time or place
henceforward
vsonward
  • Formal
1 7.5

From now on

is similar but applies generally to time or physical direction
thenceforth
vsonward
  • Archaic
1 9.3

From that time on

is broader, applying to both time and physical movement
forwards
vsonward
  • UK
1 1.0

Towards the front or a place ahead

also covers time-based continuation, not only spatial movement
thenceforward
vsonward
  • Archaic
8.6

From that time on

is more general about continuing forward in time or direction
frontwards
vsonward
5.1

To move toward the front

can mean the same but also applies to time progression
frontward
vsonward
4.7

Toward the front of something

is broader, including movement through time as well
forwardly
vsonward
  • Archaic
5.1

Toward the front

focuses more on continuing ahead in time or order

Antonyms

84 1.0

Toward the back of something

Compounds

Going forward toward a goal or place

How Forward

onward
45 2.7
forwardly
  • Archaic
5.1
ahead
1.0

Surface Forms

onward positive
onwards positive

Morphology

onward = ward (transparent) = on + ward

The word 'onward' is transparently derived from 'on' and the directional suffix 'ward', indicating movement forward. [Postprocessing: moved 'on' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Onward comes from Old English parts on- meaning 'in the direction of' and -ward meaning 'towards', the same idea you see in forward and toward. So onward simply means to go or continue 'forward' in time or place.