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onward

onward

65 2.7
Moving forward from a certain time or place
  • adverb
  • /ˈɔn.wɚd/
: 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

forward
vsonward
∞ 1.0

Toward the future from now on

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

From a starting point forward in time or place

is the neutral everyday term for the same forward motion
ahead
vsonward
∞ 1.0

In front or moving forward to make progress

is wider, covering both future time and forward space
forwards
vsonward
  • UK
30 1.0

Towards the front or a place ahead

also covers time-based continuation, not only spatial movement
onwards
vsonward
2 2.2

From a time or place and continuing forward

is the base form without the final s
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
upwards
vsonward
1 1.4

Starts at a certain time or age and continues after it

is more neutral, covering both forward time and physical motion
frontwards
vsonward
1 5.1

To move toward the front

can mean the same but also applies to time progression
thenceforward
vsonward
  • Archaic
1 8.6

From that time on

is more general about continuing forward in time or direction
frontward
vsonward
1 4.7

Toward the front of something

is broader, including movement through time as well
upward
vsonward
1 2.3

Starting at a time and continuing after it

is the general term for continuing forward in time or place
forwardly
vsonward
  • Archaic
1 5.1

Toward the front

focuses more on continuing ahead in time or order

Antonyms

240 1.0

Toward the back of something

Compounds

Going forward toward a goal or place

How Forward

onward
65 2.7
forwardly
  • Archaic
1 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.