onwardsadverb
uk/ˈɒn.wədz/us/ˈɑːn.wɚdz/mainly UK US usually onwardonwards adverb (TIME)
from 6 o'clock, March, the 1870s, etc. onwards
C2 beginning at a particular time and continuing after it:
I'm usually at home from five o'clock onwards.
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Starting from a particular time
- all along the line idiom
- as
- as of/from idiom
- count
- date
- date back
- date from sth
- ever
- forth
- forward
- from
- future
- henceforth
- hereafter
- hereinafter
- live
- onward
- since
- then
- thenceforth
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onwards adverb (DIRECTION)
C2 If you move onwards, you continue to go forwards:
We sailed onwards in a westerly direction.
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Describing movement towards
- -ways
- at
- convergent
- earthward
- facing
- for
- forward
- forwards
- hither
- inwards
- on
- oncoming
- onward
- round
- thither
- towards
- up
- ward
- way
- wise
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Idiom(s)
onwards and upwards