onwards

adverbB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,341 of 15,258leans written

Onwards means continuing forward in space or time. From 1945 onwards, move onwards, onwards and upwards.

The commonest use is with a date, where from a year onwards means from then until now. Onwards and upwards is the standard cheerful thing said after a setback, and America drops the s and says onward.

Definitions of onwards

1adverbonwardsContinuing forward in space or time.B1+
“From the age of twelve onwards, she practised the piano every day.”

onwards is a direction.

Also accepted in games: onward

Where it comes from

From on + -wards.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

onwards in the wild

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