onward
Part of speech: adj
adv
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der.
Proto-Germanic *an
Proto-West Germanic *ana
Old English on
Middle English on
English on
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
English onward
From on + -ward.
Inflected forms:
form: more onward
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most onward
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: onwards
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: onwarding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: onwarded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: onwarded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Moving forward.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: There was an onward rush as the gates opened.
gloss: Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
pos: adj
examples: Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labour.
gloss: In a forward direction.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: […] 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...
gloss: To keep going; to progress or persevere.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The aim of the preacher who in the best sense would be up-to-date should comprize the homiletic method which, while following in a degree the example of the fathers, tries to formulate truth in clear and philosophical statements, not essaying a muddy theology or priding itself on a vague, vacuous mysticism, communing with the great minds of the ages from Augustine down, learning something from each and following none slavishly, at every successive stage in the process of development being able distinctly to set forth th truth ascertained thus far, obeying the onwarding impulse of the true investigator without keeping things forever so "fluid" that no precipitate of dependable doctrine is ever rendered, […]
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.
gloss: To pass (something) onward; to forward.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
We took the lot and patched them up before onwarding them back .
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