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Definition of Onward
1. Adverb. Forward in time or order or degree. "From the sixth century onward"
2. Adverb. In a forward direction. "They went slowly forward in the mud"
Definition of Onward
1. a. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
2. adv. Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.
Definition of Onward
1. Adjective. Moving forward. ¹
2. Adverb. In a forward direction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Onward
1. toward a point ahead or in front [adv]
Medical Definition of Onward
1. 1. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc. 2. 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 labour." (Sir P. Sidney) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onward
Literary usage of Onward
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"Ellsworth's spirit still leads us ; onward, Zouaves ! for our country still ...
CHORDS — onward, Zouaves ! Do nothing by halves ; Home to the hilt with the ..."
2. Library of Southern Literature by John Calvin Metcalf (1909)
"onward onward! ye who seeking Truth, Put in her your perfect trust; ... Testing not
by any fear, As to where her footsteps tend; onward! knowing in your ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"onward! onward! ever calling On thy Muse, in life's stern fray, Till thy fevered
brow ... onward then, through hostile fire, onward through death's agony! ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"From 1742 onward members of the Philadelphia Association (Gano, Vanhorn, ...
From 1770 onward the Separate Baptists increased in Virginia from 1335 in 1771 ..."
5. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Eneas onward borne. And each had near'd the other on the field, When thus the
fleetfoot hero first began : 200 " Why tak'st thou stand, ^Eneas, ..."
6. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"Term expire* January, ISOO: onward BATES, JOHN A. BENSEL. ... onward Bates.
DW Mead, Charles Hansel. The House of the Society is open from 9 AM to 10 PM ..."
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