onward
/ˈɒnwəd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɑːnwərd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈȯn-wərd ˈän-/ (ame, mw) · /ˈɒn.wəd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɑːn.wɚd/ (ame, ipa)
onward — adjective
- onwardpositive
- more onwardcomparative
- most onwardsuperlative
1. describing travel, movement, or time that keeps going toward a later stage or a
describing travel, movement, or time that keeps going toward a later stage or a place farther away.
After lunch, the bus began its onward trip through the mountains.
collocation: onward trip
Heavy snow blocked the hikers' onward progress near the old stone bridge.
collocation: onward progress
The cyclists' onward route followed the river past three small farms.
No onward travel was possible after the bridge collapsed.
At dawn, the climbers prepared food for the onward climb.
- further
common for an additional stage or a place beyond the present one.
- continuing
stresses that something does not stop, more than its direction.
- forward
can overlap, but is much more common as an adverb.
文法句型
onward journey
onward progress
onward route
onward travel
用法筆記
Usually appears before nouns such as journey, travel, progress, route, or march. Distinguish from adverb/1: this sense modifies the noun itself, while adverb/1 modifies the action or names the time after a point.
常見錯誤
onward — adverb
1. in a way that keeps moving ahead, or starting at that time and continuing after
in a way that keeps moving ahead, or starting at that time and continuing after it.
Once the gate opened, the crowd moved onward to the main hall.
verb pattern: move onward
From Tuesday onward, Ella worked at the bakery before school.
time pattern: from + day + onward
The path bent left, but the children ran onward into the forest.
After the short stop in Taichung, we traveled onward by bus.
The doctor said the pain should ease from this week onward.
文法句型
move onward
travel onward
from Monday onward
from then onward
用法筆記
Common after verbs of movement and in time phrases such as 'from Tuesday onward'. 'Onwards' is a common adverb variant, especially in British English, but the adjective form is onward, not onwards.