Onwards

adv, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of onward form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Adverb
  1. 1
    Onward. not-comparable

    "Steam also takes charge of South Eastern (former P.L.M.) trains from Paris to Marseilles and the Riviera from Lyons onwards, and of Western Region trains from Le Mans onwards, as also between Paris and Dieppe and Le Havre."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a forward direction wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
aheadalongen route tofacingforraderforrader

Example

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"The Viking expansion from the 9th century onwards reached areas such as Normandy, Galicia, Andalusia, Sicily and Crimea."

Etymology

From on + -wards.

Related phrases

onwards and upwards

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