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.

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