onward

adjective

1. 1

   Moving forward.

   There was an onward rush as the gates opened.

2. 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 labour.

adverb

1. 1

   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.

   Onward Christian soldiers, marching as to war...

verb

1. 1

   To keep going; to progress or persevere.

   Or of Kismet (?): whatever happens is pre-ordained, and one can "pass the buck" to something outside of oneself; to Allah, the inscrutable, I suppose, gaining one's spiritual calm from the feeling that the eternal onwardness is calmly onwarding; until little pain and little happiness become spread very very thin on the waters of time.

   A few more freshly pressed folk were in this line, and looked upon us with a mix of disgruntletude and admiration as we, led by me, onwarded directly up to what appeared to be a maître'd's stand.

2. 2

   To pass (something) onward; to forward.

   The application has been delivered to the Nanking department of the Waichiaopu on January 19th for being kindly onwarded to Chungking.

   It is unfair to saddle Italy with persons rejected for immigration to the U.S., especially since these persons were allowed to enter Italy on the understanding that they would be immigrating to the U.S. Italy has been cooperative in every way possible in allowing persons to transit the country for onwarding processing.

   Serious errors can also be comitted^([sic]) if the odour concentrations measured in working condition are onwarded without conversion to the technicians responsible for the odorizing systems and that because for the setting of the odorization concentrations referred to standard cubic meter are needed.

   A typical example is AIA's endeavour to attract sea-air cargo originating from countries of the East Mediterranean sea: perishable shipments originally foreseen to be flown from Tel Aviv directly to the United States are occasionally shipped to Piraeus sea port and then trucked to AIA to be onwarded from there, instead of Tel Aviv, to the final destination.

Forms

comparative

more onward

superlative

most onward

past tense

onwarded

past participle

onwarded

present participle

onwarding

third person singular

onwards