1. advancing, progressing. adforward; further. onward\on"ward\ , a.
2. moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
3. advanced in a forward direction or toward an end. within a while, philoxenus came to see:
how onward the fruits were of his friend's labor. sidney.onward \on"ward\, adv. toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward. not one looks backward, onward still he goes.onward moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events" [syn: forward] adv.
4. forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" [syn: forth, forward].
5. 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, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader].
6. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
7. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
8. Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.
9. In British English, onwards is an adverb and onward is an adjective. In American English and sometimes in formal British English, onward may also be an adverb.
10. Onward means moving forward or continuing a journey. British Airways have two flights a day to Bangkok, and there are onward flights to Phnom Penh. Onward is also an adverb. The bus continued onward He measured the distance to the nearest Antarctic coast, and onwards to the South Pole. = on.
11. Onward means developing, progressing, or becoming more important over a period of time. the onward march of progress in the British aircraft industry. Onward is also an adverb. I can see:
things just going onwards and upwards for us now.
12. If something happens from a particular time onwards or onward, it begins to happen at that time and continues to happen afterwards. From the turn of the century onward, she shared the life of the aborigines. moving forward or continuing.