onward
To keep going; to progress or persevereTo keep going; to progress or persevere.
Recorded US: Speaker: Vininn126 Recorder: Vininn126, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)To keep going; to progress or persevere.
(transitive)To pass (something) onward; to forward.
Examples
7 sentencesThe river flows ever onward, unstoppable.
Time is a relentless river, flowing onward.
From this point onward outdoor footwear is prohibited.
From that day onward, Saul considered David his enemy.
Onward it came, smooth-sliding on the ground, / an, beetling, o'er the midmost city frowned.
Forms
onwards, onwarding, onwarded, onwardedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.