onward
/ˈɑnwɚd/ verb C2- To keep going; to progress or persevere.
- To pass (something) onward; to forward.
He/she/it onwards · Past onwarded · Past participle onwarded · -ing form onwarding
Verb forms
- Base form
- onward
- He/she/it
- onwards
- Past
- onwarded
- Past participle
- onwarded
- -ing form
- onwarding
From the library
Lead onward into fairy land,
He, without a moment’s warning, was bundled out of his room, and from that time onward there were always at least two of you there to prevent him from regaining his treasure.
The shaft into which the river hurls itself is an immense chasm, lined by glistening coal-black rock, and narrowing into a creaming, boiling pit of incalculable depth, which brims over and shoots the stream onward over its jagged lip.
Holmes tied the dog to the hedge, and we hastened onward.
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