onward

Everyday

1. Onward means forward, going further on. tree →
2. Onward means from a time and later: «from Monday onward». tree →
3. An onward journey is the next part of a trip. tree →

In the lessons

«from then onward» marks a time from which a rule starts; in stories: «onward they marched» (they kept going); in everyday life: «from age 5 onwards», «onward flight»; it tells the reader that something goes on after a starting point

Examples

• From Monday onward she saves $2 a day. tree →
• From page 10 onward the book has pictures. tree →
• The ship sailed onward. tree →
• From then onward he ran every day. tree →
• The tickets are for children aged 5 onwards. tree →
• After a short rest, the explorers went onward. tree →
• Our onward train leaves in ten minutes. tree →
• From that day onward, the two were best friends. tree →
• So they sailed onwards a long way farther. tree →

Note

Marks the start of a repeated change; count the days from that point (the start day included unless told otherwise). «Onwards» (with s) is more common in the UK, «onward» in the USA; the adjective has no s («onward journey»).

In Jewish tradition

«from then onward» marks a time from which a rule starts; in stories: «onward they marched» (they kept going); in everyday life: «from age 5 onwards», «onward flight»; it tells the reader that something goes on after a starting point

Examples

• And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward. (Torah EXO.33.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys. (Torah EXO.40.36, JPS 1917) tree →
• even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations; (Torah NUM.15.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, they came onward together. (Writings PSA.48.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the children of Benjamin from Geba onward, at Michmas and Aijah, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof; (Writings NEH.11.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and of glossy skin, to a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide! (Prophets ISA.18.2, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Marks the start of a repeated change; count the days from that point (the start day included unless told otherwise). «Onwards» (with s) is more common in the UK, «onward» in the USA; the adjective has no s («onward journey»).