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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forraderadverb

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. onwardsadverb

    onward

ChatGPT

  1. onwards

    Onwards refers to moving or progressing forward or ahead in time or space. It indicates a continuation or resumption of an action or state, typically after an interruption. It can also suggest moving or facing in a forward direction.

Wikidata

  1. Onwards

    Onwards is the first studio album from the Norwegian progressive heavy metal band Triosphere. It was released in Norway in 2006 by FaceFront Records and the rest of Europe in 2007 by Plastic Head Distribution. The Japanese label Spiritual Beast released the album in Asia in 2006 and in the United States in 2007.

British National Corpus

  1. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'onwards' in Adverbs Frequency: #359

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of onwards in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of onwards in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of onwards in a Sentence

  1. Oliver Pybus:

    We looked at broad-scale patterns of human movement and focused on air passengers who traveled to Brazil from countries that had reported Zika since 2012, from late 2012 onwards, there was a 50 percent rise in the number of passengers traveling to Brazil from countries with Zika.

  2. Takahide Kiuchi:

    China’s slowdown, supply constraints, rising energy prices and a slowdown in inflation-hit western countries will reduce the pace of growth towards mid-2022, as exports remain severe, Japan’s economy will likely undergo moderate growth of around 1%-2% annualised in the second quarter onwards, even taking effects of stimulus into account.

  3. Eileen Caddy:

    Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.

  4. Kazuo Hirai:

    We will continue with the business as long as we are on track with the scenario of breaking even next year onwards … Otherwise, we haven’t eliminated the consideration of alternative options.

  5. Sentix Managing Director Patrick Hussy:

    The euro zone economy is booming, but the pace is slowing noticeably, what is true for the euro zone is also visible for the German economy ... Fears are growing that new lockdowns could loom from autumn onwards with rising infection figures, and could once again weigh on the economy.

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