onward

onward
[[t]ɒ̱nwə(r)d[/t]]
(The spelling onwards is also used.)
1) ADJ: usu ADJ n 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.

Syn:
forwards, on
ADV: ADV after v
Onward is also an adverb.

The bus continued onward... He measured the distance to the nearest Antarctic coast, and onwards to the South Pole.

2) ADJ: usu ADJ n Onward means developing, progressing, or becoming more important over a period of time.

...the onward march of progress in the British aircraft industry.

Syn:
forwards, on
ADV: ADV after v
Onward is also an adverb.

I can see things just going onwards and upwards for us now... The most important thing now is to move onwards.

3) ADV: from n ADV 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.

Syn:
from then on

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