Definition of onward
:toward or at a point lying ahead in space or time :forward
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Examples of onward in a Sentence
They have lived in that house from 1983 onward.
we must continue to move onward, or we will die in this desert
Recent Examples of onward from the Web
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From the works of Roger Williams onward, the culture of toleration in the United States has required accepting that others might believe in radically different narratives of human existence.
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The same America where slaves eventually found freedom across the Ohio River and onward.
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The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Qatari pilgrims will be allowed to enter the kingdom by land and that pilgrims would then be flown onward from two Saudi airports in Dammam and al-Ahsa at the king’s expense.
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And with that, 2017's summer of body positivity marches onward.
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Now, as Voyager 1 and 2 continue onward, NASA is marking the legacy of these pioneering probes with a contest to send your own birthday message to one of them in space.
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Those aren’t necessarily the most reassuring words for whoever eventually pilots Musk’s first lunar mission, let alone flies onward to Mars.
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Each sister desperately needed the other after their paths forked, yet had to forge onward, apart.
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NASA is developing new technologies and capabilities to send astronauts farther than ever before, first to an asteroid in the 2020's, and onward to Mars by the 2030s.
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First Known Use of onward
15th century
Definition of onward
:directed or moving onward :forward
Recent Examples of onward from the Web
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Before July 1, travelers could book their Ravn flights at AlaskaAir.com in conjunction with their onward flights.
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The animal was supposed to fly an onward leg to Kansas City, Mo., after landing at Chicago’s O'Hare International Airport.
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The regional dispute disrupted its normal export route for helium to buyers in Asia: by truck across the land border with Saudi Arabia and then to Dubai’s Jebel Ali port in the U.A.E. for onward shipment by sea.
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Top Bottle: Onward 2015 Malvasia Bianca Pétillant Naturel ($24).
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From there, a second study led by researchers from the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla suggests that the island nations of the Caribbean became the springboard for Zika’s onward travel.
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Typically, the receiving country is going to promise not to share that [information] onward to other countries without permission.
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An onward weekend trip to Scotland, Northern Ireland, and even Denmark just got a whole lot cheaper.
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Initial polls show Onward candidates winning a slim plurality in June, with Macron's movement supplanting the Socialists as France's real center-left party.
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First Known Use of onward
15th century
ONWARD Defined for English Language Learners
onward
adjective
Definition of onward for English Language Learners
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: moving toward the future or toward a more advanced state or condition
ONWARD Defined for Kids
Definition of onward for Students
:toward or at a point lying ahead in space or time :forward
From then onward she trusted him.
- The river flows onward to the coast.
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