Definitions for onward

onward on·ward

Spelling: [on-werd, awn-]
IPA: /ˈɒn wərd, ˈɔn-/

Onward is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 110 anagrams from letters in onward (adnorw).

Definitions for onward

adverb

  1. toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
  2. at a position or point in advance.

adjective

  1. directed or moving onward or forward; forward.

Origin of onward

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at on, -ward

Examples for onward

This was not onward and upward for TV news, but it got good ratings for CNN, so expect to see more.

This is the hope that beckons us onward in this century of trial.

onward he strolled for a long time, but other adventure he found not.

And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.

A long way round was now the only road, for onward he must go—on—on.

First appearing in 1779, sex-assignment surgeries became increasingly popular from the nineteenth century onward.

But from Tora Bora onward, political life in America became one frustration after the next.

Our supreme task is the resumption of our onward, normal way.

One example of that: Rudel was a prominent member of the neo-Nazi German Reich Party from 1953 onward.

First he headed to Juba, South Sudan, covering the ongoing crisis there for Anadola, and then, onward to Nigeria.

Word Value for onward
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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