{ "onwaiting":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the act of awaiting":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "on + waiting , gerund of wait (after the verb phrase wait on )":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111655", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "onward":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": directed or moving onward : forward":[], ": toward or at a point lying ahead in space or time : forward":[] }, "examples":[ "Adverb", "They have lived in that house from 1983 onward .", "we must continue to move onward , or we will die in this desert", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb", "The two drivers continued onward , with the victim trying to pass McEwan several times. \u2014 Caroline Silva, ajc , 1 July 2022", "The post-retrograde occurs right when the retrograde ends and happens for two weeks from that date onward . \u2014 Lisa Stardust, Glamour , 3 June 2022", "The adventure continued through what was then Yugoslavia, then onward to Bulgaria and Turkey. \u2014 Tara Jamali, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Mar. 2022", "The next big pulse of heat will be established Tuesday of next week and really dominates Wednesday onward . \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 17 June 2022", "Some head onward to neighboring countries, forcing children to withstand long journeys. \u2014 Marion Hart, Forbes , 15 June 2022", "Daniel and Alina\u2019s escape involved a long, perilous journey from their home city, Dnipro, to Poland, across Europe to Belgium and onward to Mexico and the U.S. border. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022", "At approximately midnight on Friday, multiple expeditions left base camp to hike through the Khumbu Icefall and ascend onward to Camp II at 21,000 feet just below the Lhotse Face. \u2014 Ben Ayers, Outside Online , 7 May 2022", "The site linked Egypt and Canaan from predynastic times onward . \u2014 Petro Kotz\u00e9, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Inside, volunteers in orange vests directed new arrivals to counters helping with accommodation, translation and onward journeys. \u2014 Kevin Liptak, CNN , 11 Mar. 2022", "But within weeks of the Soviet advance, crates of U.S.-funded weapons were being unloaded in the Pakistani port of Karachi, for onward delivery to the mujahideen. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022", "And onward flow plastics through time, territories, and tissues. \u2014 Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022", "From 1999 onward , direct investment into businesses surged. \u2014 Greg Ip, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022", "Already past its esoteric adolescence and into mainstream deployment and onward augmentation is the concept of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC). \u2014 Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022", "The onward journey from the border depends largely on the connections refugees have in Europe. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022", "There was no evidence of onward transmission from any of these cases, according to the UKHSA. \u2014 Morgan Winsor, ABC News , 10 Feb. 2022", "The Sphinx \u2014 like the Pennsylvania Avenue business district that surrounded it \u2014 fell into decline in the 1960s and onward as many patrons moved to the suburbs. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 13 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u00e4n-", "\u02c8\u022fn-w\u0259rd" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "ahead", "forth", "forward", "on" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051529", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "onward and upward":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": toward a better condition or higher level":[ "He is moving onward and upward in his business career." ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174149", "type":[ "idiom" ] }, "onwardness":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the quality or state of being directed forward or of moving forward":[ "onwardness that he found among these youthful liberals", "\u2014 Francis Biddle" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161445", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "onwards":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": directed or moving onward : forward":[], ": toward or at a point lying ahead in space or time : forward":[] }, "examples":[ "Adverb", "They have lived in that house from 1983 onward .", "we must continue to move onward , or we will die in this desert", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb", "The two drivers continued onward , with the victim trying to pass McEwan several times. \u2014 Caroline Silva, ajc , 1 July 2022", "The post-retrograde occurs right when the retrograde ends and happens for two weeks from that date onward . \u2014 Lisa Stardust, Glamour , 3 June 2022", "The adventure continued through what was then Yugoslavia, then onward to Bulgaria and Turkey. \u2014 Tara Jamali, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Mar. 2022", "The next big pulse of heat will be established Tuesday of next week and really dominates Wednesday onward . \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 17 June 2022", "Some head onward to neighboring countries, forcing children to withstand long journeys. \u2014 Marion Hart, Forbes , 15 June 2022", "Daniel and Alina\u2019s escape involved a long, perilous journey from their home city, Dnipro, to Poland, across Europe to Belgium and onward to Mexico and the U.S. border. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022", "At approximately midnight on Friday, multiple expeditions left base camp to hike through the Khumbu Icefall and ascend onward to Camp II at 21,000 feet just below the Lhotse Face. \u2014 Ben Ayers, Outside Online , 7 May 2022", "The site linked Egypt and Canaan from predynastic times onward . \u2014 Petro Kotz\u00e9, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Inside, volunteers in orange vests directed new arrivals to counters helping with accommodation, translation and onward journeys. \u2014 Kevin Liptak, CNN , 11 Mar. 2022", "But within weeks of the Soviet advance, crates of U.S.-funded weapons were being unloaded in the Pakistani port of Karachi, for onward delivery to the mujahideen. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022", "And onward flow plastics through time, territories, and tissues. \u2014 Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022", "From 1999 onward , direct investment into businesses surged. \u2014 Greg Ip, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022", "Already past its esoteric adolescence and into mainstream deployment and onward augmentation is the concept of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC). \u2014 Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022", "The onward journey from the border depends largely on the connections refugees have in Europe. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022", "There was no evidence of onward transmission from any of these cases, according to the UKHSA. \u2014 Morgan Winsor, ABC News , 10 Feb. 2022", "The Sphinx \u2014 like the Pennsylvania Avenue business district that surrounded it \u2014 fell into decline in the 1960s and onward as many patrons moved to the suburbs. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 13 Jan. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u00e4n-", "\u02c8\u022fn-w\u0259rd" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "ahead", "forth", "forward", "on" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223847", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "onwards and upwards":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": toward a better condition or higher level":[ "Technology has been steadily moving onwards and upwards ." ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072148", "type":[ "idiom" ] } }