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onwards

onwards adverb: onward. Also the third-person singular simple present indicative of onward.

Adverb

onwards (not comparable)

  1. Onward.
    • 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, 'Voyageur', “Modern French Locomotive Work—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 455
    • 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 57

Also used as

onwards is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of onward.

Origin of onwards

From on + -wards.

Words formed from onwards

Questions about onwards

What does onwards mean?
Onwards means onward.
What part of speech is onwards?
Onwards is an adverb.

Words near onwards in the dictionary

  1. onward and upward
  2. onwarded
  3. onwarding
  4. onwardly
  5. onwardness
  6. onwards
  7. onwards and upwards
  8. onwent
  9. onwiki
  10. onwing
  11. ony

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