onwards
/ˈɑnwɚdz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on English on English -wards English onwards From on + -wards.