Meanings
- not comparableOnward.
A Class 158 relegated from express duties turns up to transport me via the flower-bedecked Brighouse station to the trans-Pennine main line at Bradley Junction and onwards to Huddersfield.
2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 571 more example
Steam also takes charge of South Eastern (former P.L.M.) trains from Paris to Marseilles and the Riviera from Lyons onwards, and of Western Region trains from Le Mans onwards, as also between Paris and Dieppe and Le Havre.
1958 July 28, 'Voyageur', “Modern French Locomotive Work—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 455
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of onward
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
- Proto-Germanic*an
- Proto-West Germanic*ana
- Old Englishon
- Middle Englishon
- Englishon
- Englishonwards
Cite this entry
onwards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onwards
“onwards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onwards. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onwards,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onwards.
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