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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Onward  \On"ward\,  adv 
  Toward  a  point  before  or  in  front;  forward;  progressively; 
  as  to  move  onward. 
 
  Not  one  looks  backward,  onward  still  he  goes.  --Pope. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Onward  \On"ward\,  a. 
  1.  Moving  in  a  forward  direction;  tending  toward  a 
  contemplated  or  desirable  end  forward;  as  an  onward 
  course,  progress,  etc 
 
  2.  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  labor.  --Sir  P. 
  Sidney. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  onward 
  adj  :  moving  toward  a  position  ahead;  "forward  motion";  "the 
  onward  course  of  events"  [syn:  {forward}] 
  adv  1:  forward  in  time  or  order  or  degree;  "from  that  time  forth"; 
  "from  the  sixth  century  onward"  [syn:  {forth},  {forward}] 
  2:  in  a  forward  direction;  "go  ahead";  "the  train  moved  ahead 
  slowly";  "the  boat  lurched  ahead";  "moved  onward  into  the 
  forest";  "they  went  slowly  forward  in  the  mud"  [syn:  {ahead}, 
  {onwards},  {forward},  {forwards},  {forrader}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Onward,  IN  (town,  FIPS  56664) 
  Location:  40.69397  N,  86.19539  W 
  Population  (1990):  63  (29  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.2  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water)




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