on‧wards/ˈɒnwədz $ ˈɑːnwərdz, ˈɒːn-/ (also onward American English) adverb 1. from ... onwards beginning at a particular time or age and continuing after that: ▪ from the 1980s onwards
2. literary forwards: ▪ He walked onwards to the head of the lake.
3. onwards and upwards used to say that the development, increase, or progress of something continues: ▪ With exports strong, the business is moving onwards and upwards.
adverb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ After eighty yards we came to the rails and sleepers themselves under a foot of water leading onwards into the blackness. ▪ By the time it had been persuaded onwards the victoria was out of sight. ▪ From birth onwards, male mortality rates exceeded those of females. ▪ From the middle of the eighteenth century onwards a growing chorus of voices had championed the creation of a professional police. ▪ He cursed, and spurred his long-suffering mount onwards again. ▪ He loosed the brakes and the jeep rolled onwards. ▪ His need was to exist, and to move onwards at the greatest possible risk, and with a maximum of privation. ▪ Instead, the combined amount payable from next April will be £19.40 for the first child and £18.65 for the second onwards.
on‧wards/ˈɒnwədz $ ˈɑːnwərdz, ˈɒːn-/ (also onward American English) adverb