onward

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Moving forward.

   There was an onward rush as the gates opened.

2. 2
   adj

   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 labour.

3. 3
   adv

   In a forward direction.

   […] yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, ⁠And onward drags a labouring breast, ⁠And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.

4. 4
   verb

   To keep going; to progress or persevere.

   The aim of the preacher who in the best sense would be up-to-date should comprize the homiletic method which, while following in a degree the example of the fathers, tries to formulate truth in clear and philosophical statements, not essaying a muddy theology or priding itself on a vague, vacuous mysticism, communing with the great minds of the ages from Augustine down, learning something from each and following none slavishly, at every successive stage in the process of development being able distinctly to set forth th truth ascertained thus far, obeying the onwarding impulse of the true investigator without keeping things forever so "fluid" that no precipitate of dependable doctrine is ever rendered, […].

Common collocations

• onward motion Adjective + noun

From on + -ward.

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