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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Onward \On"ward\, adv.
     Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively;
     as, to move onward.
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           Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. --Pope.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Onward \On"ward\, a.
     1. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a
        contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward
        course, progress, etc.
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     2. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
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              Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward
              the fruits were of his friend's labor. --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  onward
       adj : moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the
             onward course of events" [syn: {forward}]
       adv 1: forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth";
              "from the sixth century onward" [syn: {forth}, {forward}]
       2: in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead
          slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the
          forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: {ahead},
           {onwards}, {forward}, {forwards}, {forrader}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "onward":
     advancing, ahead, alee, along, en route to, facing, for, forth,
     forward, forward-looking, forwards, frontward, frontwards,
     go-ahead, headward, headwards, moving, on, oncoming, ongoing,
     onwards, proceeding, progressing, progressive, vanward
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Onward, IN (town, FIPS 56664)
    Location: 40.69397 N, 86.19539 W
    Population (1990): 63 (29 housing units)
    Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Onward, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
     Population (2000):    81
     Housing Units (2000): 31
     Land area (2000):     0.086578 sq. miles (0.224237 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.086578 sq. miles (0.224237 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            56664
     Located within:       Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
     Location:             40.694374 N, 86.194237 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Onward, IN
      Onward
  

















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