onwardprep.adv.adj.²

Brit.

/ˈɒnwəd/, U.S.

/ˈɔnwərd/,

/ˈɑnwərd/

Forms: early Middle English onweard, Middle English aneward, Middle English oneward, Middle English onewarde, Middle English onoward, Middle English unward, Middle English–1600s onwarde, Middle English– onward; also Scottish pre-1700 onwart.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: on adv., -ward suffix.

Etymology: < on adv. + -ward suffix. Compare earlier onward adj.¹

†A. prep.

On, over; along. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

c1196 ( Royal Charter: Æðelred II to Eynsham Abbey (Sawyer 911) in J. M. Kemble Codex Diplomaticus (1845) III. 342 Of ðære dic onweard stige; of ðam stige on Winburge stoc.

c1300 St. Nicholas (Laud) 101 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 243 (MED) Ase heo gradden, þare cam on eorne on-owarde þe watere bi-side A bischop in abite swiþe fair.

1652 R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra i. 3 Two of that Troup..conducted him onward the way to Babylon.

B. adv. (Formerly frequently in onward of (oron) one's way (or journey).)

†1. Towards a final settlement; provisionally; in advance, on account. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > [adverb] > as instalment

onward?c1225

onwardsc1440

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 102 Al þet eauer animon mis seið oðer deð þe ich wulle neomen onwart [þet] þu aȝest me.

1425 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 5 Þe seyd Priour hath sent also to yow..a procuracie for my persone and v marcz of moneye onward.

c1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess 248 Here on warde, ryght now..Yif he wol make me slepe a lyte, Of down of pure dowves white I wil yive hym a fether-bed.

1467 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 406 (MED) The same day my mastyr paid to Roger Tego, unward of his werke, x s.

1555 E. Bonner Certaine Homelyes 2 To haue somethyng done onward, til God of his goodnes prouide something better.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 246 Thow sall haue for thy Fewaill, For my sake the better saill, And onwart to thy trauaill, Worth ane laid or twa.

1591 (?a1425) Chester Plays (Huntingdon) 278 Theefe, and thou be so bould my maister soe for to hould, thou shalt be quytte an hundrethfould, and onward take thou that.

†2. In a position in advance; further on; ahead; advanced, expedited. Cf. on adv. 4d.

a. In space, or in succession figured in space. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > front > [adverb]

aforeOE

forneOE

beforeOE

aforewarda1200

afornonc1275

toforec1330

onwardc1385

bifornysc1420

forouth1487

ahead1568

afrontc1570

forwardly1578

anteriorly1598

foremostly1607

devant1609

forward1619

forward on1630

front-wise1774

vanward1827

out front1934

upfront1937

c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 970 Onward on his wey that nyght he lay.

c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 2648 (MED) Towarde the gardyn and the place Of Deduit and of solace..Thow art wel onwarde on thy way.

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 5295 Now is Gusare well onward on his way.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccxlv. 786 Thoughe he had knowen therof he coulde natte haue let it whan they were ones onwarde.

1597 E. S. Discouerie Knights of Poste 19 Nowe seeing wee are onwarde of our waie, let vs begile the time with talke.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets l. sig. D3^v My greefe lies onward and my ioy behind.

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. 75 There was a lake not aboue a mile about; whose bankes were pleasant and easie, but further onward the water very deepe.

1668 T. Shadwell Sullen Lovers v. 325 We are so far onward on that way that if you don't make haste you will scarce overtake us.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 355 It was farther onward the same Way we were to go.

1799–1800 C. B. Brown Arthur Mervyn II. vi. 57 It was about three miles further onward.

1843 N. Hawthorne Celestial Rail-Road 27 A little further onward was the spot where Lot's wife had stood for ages.

1886 J. T. Irvine Evans's Handbk. Ludlow (rev. ed.) 125 A little onward is Batchcot.

b. In time. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > further on or advanced (in time)

onwardc1425

on1872

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 3392 (MED) He is iustly born To regne in Fraunce by lyneal discent, And onward now he is made regent Of þilke lond durynge his fader lyf.

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 1300 (MED) Longtyme sonyre your werk, I vndirstonde, Shulde be ferre onwarde bi-fore-honde.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xcviii. 119 Tyll it was well onwarde in wynter.

†3. On top. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1425 (a1399) Forme of Cury (BL Add.) 26 in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler Curye on Inglysch (1985) 103 Take powdour douce and lay on; salt the broth and lay onoward & messe forth.

a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 34 (MED) Ley þes pelettys v or vj in a dysshe, & þen pore þin sewe aneward, & serue in.

a. In a direction continuing forward in space. Cf. on adv. 4a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adverb]

awayeOE

forneOE

forthc1000

forthwardc1175

furtherlyc1175

toforec1330

forea1400

forwarda1400

furtherwarda1400

avauntc1400

forwardsc1400

onwardc1425

toward1426

forouth1487

up to ——1516

forth on1529

onwards1540

aheada1615

forrita1796

advancingly1820

onwardly1831

forwardly1876

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 3127 Forth he seileth onward on his wey, With-oute abood.

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 6194 Sygrem was made the messenger before, Onward to goo as fast as euer he may To the Sowdon.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 221 After the solemnitie..: this yong Queene came onward of her iourney.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 55 A prosperus hizling Of south blast, puffing on sayles dooth summon vs onward.

1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. A3^v Youle bring me onward brother?

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1 A Little onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark steps, a little further on.

1703 M. Chudleigh Song of Three Children in Poems Several Occasions In sacred Pomp their Forces onward move; And full of glory, reach'd the happy Soil.

1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 88 Onward still his way he takes.

1798 C. B. Brown Wieland xxiii. 256 I was hurried onward involuntarily and by a mechanical impulse.

1810 G. Crabbe Borough xiii. 185 An old brown Poney..Who shuffled onward, and from side to side.

1864 S. Baring-Gould in Hymns Anc. & Mod. (1868) No. 385 Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war.

1934 F. S. Fitzgerald Tender is Night ii. x. 181 The boat is made to carry my form onward into the blue obscurity of the future.

1993 E. M. Thomas Hidden Life of Dogs 28 He jogged determinedly onward while the bird dove repeatedly upon him.

b. In an uninterrupted advance or succession forward in time. Cf. on adv. 4a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > from now or henceforth

fortha700

heneOE

henforthOE

forwardOE

anovenOE

yetOE

downwardc1175

forthwardc1175

furthermorea1300

henforthwardc1300

forne14..

henceforwardc1330

henforwardc1330

hencefortha1375

henceforthwardc1384

hencec1390

furtherwarda1400

forwardsc1400

hyneforwardc1400

henceforwardsa1425

even-forthc1425

forth on1474

henceforthon1490

hynea1500

froforth1536

hyneforth1570

downwards1584

towards1587

here-hence1592

whenceforth1658

whenceforwarda1661

onward1667

onwards1732

from here on out1867

as of now1902

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 811 Endless miserie From this day onward .

1739 P. Whitehead State of Rome 8 Worse than the Iron Age now onward moves.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iv. 92 The pealing thunder rolled onward.

1839 I. Taylor Anc. Christianity I. 148 From the apostolic age, and the times of Philo and four centuries onward.

1904 Amer. Hist. Rev. 9 810 From the middle of the eighteenth century onward the political activities of the company..rapidly overshadowed its commercial activities.

1964 N.Y. Times Mag. Apr. 73/2 Life is a continual series of ‘drills’ from infancy onward.

1988 P. Gay Freud x. 502 From his earliest days onward Freud had been surrounded by women.

c. onward and upward = onwards and upwards at onwards adv. 2c.

ΚΠ

1827 M. B. Howard Desolation of Eyam 287 Onward, and upward still we went, A desolate, dreary way.

1886 F. W. L. Adams Poet. Wks. II. 61 The Pioneer of Thought, who clears the way Onward and upward for man's intellect.

1901 W. Macintosh Rabbi Jesus 182 With the dawn of Christianity the theophilosophic train of thought was carried onward and upward into a higher, nobler, purer channel.

1949 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 25 June 17/2 It was that courage..that jet-propelled her onward and upward to stardom.

1998 E. Davis TechGnosis (1999) iv. 118 The force of extropy generates novelty, breeds complexity..and thrusts us onward and upward.

C. adj.²

†1. Advanced; situated ahead in time, space, or succession. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > late or well-advanced

highOE

late1583

onwarda1586

deep1601

far gone1607

advanced1653

tardive1905

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xi. sig. G6^v [He] came to see how onward the fruites were of his friends labour.

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 30 To discover onward things more remote from our knowledge.

2. Directed or moving onward or forward; advancing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adjective]

progressive?c1450

progressional1570

advancing1575

forward1603

progredient1650

onward1674

processive1691

on-driving1884

propagating1971

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 172 This onward everlastingness which is fastned upon God Almighty, is all along made up of things which before were not, afterwards are not.

1756 J. Home Douglas i. 14 Sincerity, Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path!

1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 37 The Indian persevered in his onward direction.

1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 226 Resuming his onward course.

1850 W. Collins Antonina v. 88 A vivid flash of lightning..showed him, barring at scarcely a yard's distance his onward path, the figure he had already distantly beheld from the plain behind.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 249 She, as his onward keel still moved, still mournfully followed.

1927 tr. C. Guignebert Christianity Past & Present xx. 400 The ‘doctrinal stages’ of the past simply represent the successive steps which the Christian life has taken on its onward course.

1962 S. T. Kimball & J. E. McClellan Educ. & New Amer. iv. 71 The onward path of progress was not always an even one.

1986 Jrnl. Royal Coll. Physicians 20 119/2 The onward progression of pre-neoplastic lesions.

3. Designating or relating to the second or further part of a process, journey, etc., esp. as onward flight, onward ticket.

ΚΠ

1971 Transition No. 38. 15 (advt.) Arriving Paris at 15.30, with the onward flight departing Paris at 16.15 and arriving London at 17.15.

1980 Daily Tel. 26 Jan. 17 All insist that travellers should hold onward tickets.

1992 D. McClean Internat. Judicial Assistance ii. 39 The relevant legal provisions required there to be onward transmission of the documents to the defendant.

Compounds

C1. (In sense B. 4b.)

onward-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1837 L. E. Landon Birthday Tribute 15 The hallowed purpose, and the high endeavour, the onward-looking purpose must be thine own.

1969 R. Lowell Notebook (1970) 169 Most negroes in London had onwardlooking thoughts by 1800.

1983 Hist. Jrnl. 26 (end matter) p. iii This..book illustrates a paradox of the nineteenth century: a growing concern with the past in an increasingly industrial, onward-looking world.

C2. (In sense B. 4a.)

onward-sloping adj. rare

ΚΠ

1842 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 151 Mid onward-sloping motions infinite.

Derivatives

† onwarding n. Obsolete rare a prompting or urging to move onward.

ΚΠ

1843 E. Jones Stud. Sensation & Event 39 The music riseth, To its voluptuous onwardings all move.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	onward
释义	† onwardn. Forms: 1600s 1800s onward; Scottish pre-1700 onwart, pre-1700 onvart. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: onward adv. Etymology: < onward adv. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·nwǫ̆ɹd) /ˈɒnwəd/. Obsolete. rare. 1. Scottish. An advance payment. in onward: in advance. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > payment by instalment or part-payment > an instalment parcelc1400 particular?a1425 onward1496 instalment1776 kist1799 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 301 Item..to Dande Achinsone, in onwart of theking of the chapel of the Castel in Edinburgh, xvs. vjd. 1535–6 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 160 vi s. in onvart of pament for ane coit. 2. An onward movement. ΚΠ 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. x. 131 A thousand stops, a thousand onwards made. 3. poetic. That which is ahead; the future time. ΚΠ 1887 G. Meredith Ballads & Poems 137 The thirsty onward waved for him no sign. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † onwardadj.¹ Forms: see and- prefix and -ward suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English on- , and- prefix, -ward suffix. Etymology: < on-, variant of and- prefix + -ward suffix. Obsolete. Antagonistic, inimical, opposed.With dative of the person or thing opposed. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > [adjective] witherwardc888 unholdc900 fremda1000 foeOE hatelyOE onwardOE fiendlyc1050 witherc1175 unbaina1300 quedec1300 wrong1340 aliena1382 enemiablea1382 enemyfula1382 enemyc1384 ingrate1393 unfriendly1425 undisposed1456 oppugnanta1513 infest1513 enemious?1529 cold1557 enemylike1561 enemyly1573 ingratefulc1575 opposed1584 misliking1586 infestuous1593 infensive1596 infestious1597 affrontous1598 foe-hearted1598 ill-affecteda1599 inimicous1598 friendless?1611 haggardly1635 infensea1641 inimicitious1641 inimicitial1656 inimical1678 inamicable1683 indisposed1702 uneasy1725 hostile1791 adversarial1839 chilly1841 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 140 Se wæs ðam cristenan onwerd. OE Ælfric Interrogationes Sigewulfi in Genesin (Corpus Cambr. 162) x, in Anglia (1884) 7 8 Hwi is se deofol swa onweard þam men? OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) 126 Warnige, þæt he [sc. se abbod] þurh andan ne sy onweard þam profaste. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 37 Ȝif þu wult habben bone to drihten, þu most beon on ward þine sunnen. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). onwardprep.adv.adj.² Brit. /ˈɒnwəd/, U.S. /ˈɔnwərd/, /ˈɑnwərd/ Forms: early Middle English onweard, Middle English aneward, Middle English oneward, Middle English onewarde, Middle English onoward, Middle English unward, Middle English–1600s onwarde, Middle English– onward; also Scottish pre-1700 onwart. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: on adv., -ward suffix. Etymology: < on adv. + -ward suffix. Compare earlier onward adj.¹ †A. prep. On, over; along. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ c1196 ( Royal Charter: Æðelred II to Eynsham Abbey (Sawyer 911) in J. M. Kemble Codex Diplomaticus (1845) III. 342 Of ðære dic onweard stige; of ðam stige on Winburge stoc. c1300 St. Nicholas (Laud) 101 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 243 (MED) Ase heo gradden, þare cam on eorne on-owarde þe watere bi-side A bischop in abite swiþe fair. 1652 R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra i. 3 Two of that Troup..conducted him onward the way to Babylon. B. adv. (Formerly frequently in onward of (oron) one's way (or journey).) †1. Towards a final settlement; provisionally; in advance, on account. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [adverb] > as instalment onward?c1225 onwardsc1440 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 102 Al þet eauer animon mis seið oðer deð þe ich wulle neomen onwart [þet] þu aȝest me. 1425 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 5 Þe seyd Priour hath sent also to yow..a procuracie for my persone and v marcz of moneye onward. c1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess 248 Here on warde, ryght now..Yif he wol make me slepe a lyte, Of down of pure dowves white I wil yive hym a fether-bed. 1467 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 406 (MED) The same day my mastyr paid to Roger Tego, unward of his werke, x s. 1555 E. Bonner Certaine Homelyes 2 To haue somethyng done onward, til God of his goodnes prouide something better. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 246 Thow sall haue for thy Fewaill, For my sake the better saill, And onwart to thy trauaill, Worth ane laid or twa. 1591 (?a1425) Chester Plays (Huntingdon) 278 Theefe, and thou be so bould my maister soe for to hould, thou shalt be quytte an hundrethfould, and onward take thou that. †2. In a position in advance; further on; ahead; advanced, expedited. Cf. on adv. 4d. a. In space, or in succession figured in space. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [adverb] aforeOE forneOE beforeOE aforewarda1200 afornonc1275 toforec1330 onwardc1385 bifornysc1420 forouth1487 ahead1568 afrontc1570 forwardly1578 anteriorly1598 foremostly1607 devant1609 forward1619 forward on1630 front-wise1774 vanward1827 out front1934 upfront1937 c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 970 Onward on his wey that nyght he lay. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 2648 (MED) Towarde the gardyn and the place Of Deduit and of solace..Thow art wel onwarde on thy way. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 5295 Now is Gusare well onward on his way. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccxlv. 786 Thoughe he had knowen therof he coulde natte haue let it whan they were ones onwarde. 1597 E. S. Discouerie Knights of Poste 19 Nowe seeing wee are onwarde of our waie, let vs begile the time with talke. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets l. sig. D3^v My greefe lies onward and my ioy behind. View more context for this quotation 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. 75 There was a lake not aboue a mile about; whose bankes were pleasant and easie, but further onward the water very deepe. 1668 T. Shadwell Sullen Lovers v. 325 We are so far onward on that way that if you don't make haste you will scarce overtake us. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 355 It was farther onward the same Way we were to go. 1799–1800 C. B. Brown Arthur Mervyn II. vi. 57 It was about three miles further onward. 1843 N. Hawthorne Celestial Rail-Road 27 A little further onward was the spot where Lot's wife had stood for ages. 1886 J. T. Irvine Evans's Handbk. Ludlow (rev. ed.) 125 A little onward is Batchcot. b. In time. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > further on or advanced (in time) onwardc1425 on1872 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 3392 (MED) He is iustly born To regne in Fraunce by lyneal discent, And onward now he is made regent Of þilke lond durynge his fader lyf. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 1300 (MED) Longtyme sonyre your werk, I vndirstonde, Shulde be ferre onwarde bi-fore-honde. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xcviii. 119 Tyll it was well onwarde in wynter. †3. On top. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1425 (a1399) Forme of Cury (BL Add.) 26 in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler Curye on Inglysch (1985) 103 Take powdour douce and lay on; salt the broth and lay onoward & messe forth. a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 34 (MED) Ley þes pelettys v or vj in a dysshe, & þen pore þin sewe aneward, & serue in. 4. a. In a direction continuing forward in space. Cf. on adv. 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adverb] awayeOE forneOE forthc1000 forthwardc1175 furtherlyc1175 toforec1330 forea1400 forwarda1400 furtherwarda1400 avauntc1400 forwardsc1400 onwardc1425 toward1426 forouth1487 up to ——1516 forth on1529 onwards1540 aheada1615 forrita1796 advancingly1820 onwardly1831 forwardly1876 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 3127 Forth he seileth onward on his wey, With-oute abood. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 6194 Sygrem was made the messenger before, Onward to goo as fast as euer he may To the Sowdon. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 221 After the solemnitie..: this yong Queene came onward of her iourney. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 55 A prosperus hizling Of south blast, puffing on sayles dooth summon vs onward. 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. A3^v Youle bring me onward brother? 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1 A Little onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark steps, a little further on. View more context for this quotation 1703 M. Chudleigh Song of Three Children in Poems Several Occasions In sacred Pomp their Forces onward move; And full of glory, reach'd the happy Soil. 1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 88 Onward still his way he takes. 1798 C. B. Brown Wieland xxiii. 256 I was hurried onward involuntarily and by a mechanical impulse. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough xiii. 185 An old brown Poney..Who shuffled onward, and from side to side. 1864 S. Baring-Gould in Hymns Anc. & Mod. (1868) No. 385 Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war. 1934 F. S. Fitzgerald Tender is Night ii. x. 181 The boat is made to carry my form onward into the blue obscurity of the future. 1993 E. M. Thomas Hidden Life of Dogs 28 He jogged determinedly onward while the bird dove repeatedly upon him. b. In an uninterrupted advance or succession forward in time. Cf. on adv. 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > from now or henceforth fortha700 heneOE henforthOE forwardOE anovenOE yetOE downwardc1175 forthwardc1175 furthermorea1300 henforthwardc1300 forne14.. henceforwardc1330 henforwardc1330 hencefortha1375 henceforthwardc1384 hencec1390 furtherwarda1400 forwardsc1400 hyneforwardc1400 henceforwardsa1425 even-forthc1425 forth on1474 henceforthon1490 hynea1500 froforth1536 hyneforth1570 downwards1584 towards1587 here-hence1592 whenceforth1658 whenceforwarda1661 onward1667 onwards1732 from here on out1867 as of now1902 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 811 Endless miserie From this day onward . View more context for this quotation 1739 P. Whitehead State of Rome 8 Worse than the Iron Age now onward moves. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iv. 92 The pealing thunder rolled onward. 1839 I. Taylor Anc. Christianity I. 148 From the apostolic age, and the times of Philo and four centuries onward. 1904 Amer. Hist. Rev. 9 810 From the middle of the eighteenth century onward the political activities of the company..rapidly overshadowed its commercial activities. 1964 N.Y. Times Mag. Apr. 73/2 Life is a continual series of ‘drills’ from infancy onward. 1988 P. Gay Freud x. 502 From his earliest days onward Freud had been surrounded by women. c. onward and upward = onwards and upwards at onwards adv. 2c. ΚΠ 1827 M. B. Howard Desolation of Eyam 287 Onward, and upward still we went, A desolate, dreary way. 1886 F. W. L. Adams Poet. Wks. II. 61 The Pioneer of Thought, who clears the way Onward and upward for man's intellect. 1901 W. Macintosh Rabbi Jesus 182 With the dawn of Christianity the theophilosophic train of thought was carried onward and upward into a higher, nobler, purer channel. 1949 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 25 June 17/2 It was that courage..that jet-propelled her onward and upward to stardom. 1998 E. Davis TechGnosis (1999) iv. 118 The force of extropy generates novelty, breeds complexity..and thrusts us onward and upward. C. adj.² †1. Advanced; situated ahead in time, space, or succession. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > late or well-advanced highOE late1583 onwarda1586 deep1601 far gone1607 advanced1653 tardive1905 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xi. sig. G6^v [He] came to see how onward the fruites were of his friends labour. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 30 To discover onward things more remote from our knowledge. 2. Directed or moving onward or forward; advancing. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adjective] progressive?c1450 progressional1570 advancing1575 forward1603 progredient1650 onward1674 processive1691 on-driving1884 propagating1971 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 172 This onward everlastingness which is fastned upon God Almighty, is all along made up of things which before were not, afterwards are not. 1756 J. Home Douglas i. 14 Sincerity, Thou first of virtues, let no mortal leave Thy onward path! 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 37 The Indian persevered in his onward direction. 1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 226 Resuming his onward course. 1850 W. Collins Antonina v. 88 A vivid flash of lightning..showed him, barring at scarcely a yard's distance his onward path, the figure he had already distantly beheld from the plain behind. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 249 She, as his onward keel still moved, still mournfully followed. 1927 tr. C. Guignebert Christianity Past & Present xx. 400 The ‘doctrinal stages’ of the past simply represent the successive steps which the Christian life has taken on its onward course. 1962 S. T. Kimball & J. E. McClellan Educ. & New Amer. iv. 71 The onward path of progress was not always an even one. 1986 Jrnl. Royal Coll. Physicians 20 119/2 The onward progression of pre-neoplastic lesions. 3. Designating or relating to the second or further part of a process, journey, etc., esp. as onward flight, onward ticket. ΚΠ 1971 Transition No. 38. 15 (advt.) Arriving Paris at 15.30, with the onward flight departing Paris at 16.15 and arriving London at 17.15. 1980 Daily Tel. 26 Jan. 17 All insist that travellers should hold onward tickets. 1992 D. McClean Internat. Judicial Assistance ii. 39 The relevant legal provisions required there to be onward transmission of the documents to the defendant. Compounds C1. (In sense B. 4b.) onward-looking adj. ΚΠ 1837 L. E. Landon Birthday Tribute 15 The hallowed purpose, and the high endeavour, the onward-looking purpose must be thine own. 1969 R. Lowell Notebook (1970) 169 Most negroes in London had onwardlooking thoughts by 1800. 1983 Hist. Jrnl. 26 (end matter) p. iii This..book illustrates a paradox of the nineteenth century: a growing concern with the past in an increasingly industrial, onward-looking world. C2. (In sense B. 4a.) onward-sloping adj. rare ΚΠ 1842 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 151 Mid onward-sloping motions infinite. Derivatives † onwarding n. Obsolete rare a prompting or urging to move onward. ΚΠ 1843 E. Jones Stud. Sensation & Event 39 The music riseth, To its voluptuous onwardings all move. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1496adj.¹OEprep.adv.adj.²c1196
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