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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Definitions
- a. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
- a. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
- adv. Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.
- adv. forward in time or order or degree
- adv. in a forward direction
- 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.
- Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as,to move onward.Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. Pope.
- j:100 r forward in time or order or degree r in a forward direction