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English Dictionary: onward by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
onward
adv
  1. forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
    Synonym(s): forth, forward, onward
  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"
    Synonym(s): ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader
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 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 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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