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Thesaurus: onward

Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.

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  1. a. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
  2. a. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
  3. adv. Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.
  4. adv. forward in time or order or degree
  5. adv. in a forward direction
  6. 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 labor. Sir P. Sidney. Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward. Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. Pope.
  7. Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as,to move onward.Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. Pope.
  8. j:100 r forward in time or order or degree r in a forward direction