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onward

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on·ward  (nwrd, ôn-)
adj.
Moving or tending forward.
adv. also on·wards (-wrdz)
In a direction or toward a position that is ahead in space or time; forward.

onward [ˈɒnwəd]
adj
directed or moving forwards, onwards, etc.
adv
a variant of onwards
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.onward - forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
2.onward - in a forward directiononward - 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"

onward onwards
adverb forward, on, forwards, ahead, beyond, in front, forth The bus continued onward.
Translations
onward [ˈɒnwəd]
A. ADJ [march etc] → progresivo, hacia adelante; [flight, journey] → de conexión; [connection] → posterior
B. ADV (also onwards) → adelante, hacia adelante
from that time onwarddesde entonces
from the 12th century onwarddesde el siglo doce en adelante, a partir del siglo doce
onward!¡adelante!
onward [ˈɒnwərd]
adj
onward journey → correspondance f
onward flight → correspondance f
adv
(in space) to continue onwards → poursuivre son trajet or son voyage
The bus continued onwards → Le bus poursuivit son trajet.
(in time)
from the beginning of the century onward → à partir du début du siècle
onward march nmarche f en avant
the onward march of progress → la marche en avant du progrès
onward progress navancée f
onward
adj
(lit) onward flightAnschlussflug m; onward journeyWeiterreise f; onward movementWeiterbewegung f; (on journey) → Weiterreise f; (of goods)Weitertransport m
(fig) onward progressweitere Fortschritte pl; the onward march of time/progressdas Fortschreiten der Zeit/der Vormarsch des Fortschritts
adv (also onwards)voran, vorwärts; marchweiter; from today/this time onwardvon heute/der Zeit an
interj (also onwards)voran, vorwärts
onward [ˈɒnwəd]
1. adjin avanti
2. adv (also onwards) → in avanti
from the 12th century onward(s) → dal XII secolo in poi


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I share with you this sense of oppressive narrowness; but it is necessary that we should feel it, if we care to understand how it acted on the lives of Tom and Maggie,--how it has acted on young natures in many generations, that in the onward tendency of human things have risen above the mental level of the generation before them, to which they have been nevertheless tied by the strongest fibres of their hearts.
Not only onward shalt thou propagate thyself, but upward
But from Homer onward, instances can be cited,--his own Margites, for example, and other similar compositions.
 
 
 
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