(prep.) In continuance; without interruption or ceasing; as, sleep on, take your ease; say on; sing on.
(prep.) The general signification of on is situation, motion, or condition with respect to contact or support beneath
(prep.) At, or in contact with, the surface or upper part of a thing, and supported by it; placed or lying in contact with the surface; as, the book lies on the table, which stands on the floor of a house on an island.
(prep.) To or against the surface of; -- used to indicate the motion of a thing as coming or falling to the surface of another; as, rain falls on the earth.
(prep.) Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with; as, to play on a violin or piano. Hence, figuratively, to work on one's feelings; to make an impression on the mind.
(prep.) At or near; adjacent to; -- indicating situation, place, or position; as, on the one hand, on the other hand; the fleet is on the American coast.
(prep.) In addition to; besides; -- indicating multiplication or succession in a series; as, heaps on heaps; mischief on mischief; loss on loss; thought on thought.
(prep.) Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in; as, to depend on a person for assistance; to rely on; hence, indicating the ground or support of anything; as, he will promise on certain conditions; to bet on a horse.
(prep.) At or in the time of; during; as, on Sunday we abstain from labor. See At (synonym).
(prep.) At the time of, conveying some notion of cause or motive; as, on public occasions, the officers appear in full dress or uniform. Hence, in consequence of, or following; as, on the ratification of the treaty, the armies were disbanded.
(prep.) Toward; for; -- indicating the object of some passion; as, have pity or compassion on him.
(prep.) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
(prep.) By virtue of; with the pledge of; -- denoting a pledge or engagement, and put before the thing pledged; as, he affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honor.
(prep.) To the account of; -- denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon; as, on us be all the blame; a curse on him.
(prep.) In reference or relation to; as, on our part expect punctuality; a satire on society.
(prep.) Of.
(prep.) Occupied with; in the performance of; as, only three officers are on duty; on a journey.
(prep.) In the service of; connected with; of the number of; as, he is on a newspaper; on a committee.
(prep.) Forward, in progression; onward; -- usually with a verb of motion; as, move on; go on.
(prep.) Forward, in succession; as, from father to son, from the son to the grandson, and so on.
(prep.) Adhering; not off; as in the phrase, "He is neither on nor off," that is, he is not steady, he is irresolute.
(prep.) Attached to the body, as clothing or ornament, or for use.
(prep.) In progress; proceeding; as, a game is on.
Example Sentences:
Onward
Definition:
(a.) Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
(a.) Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
(adv.) Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ben Bernanke's testimony to the Senate: from here onwards .
(2) When researching his book, Moore could see from Margaret Roberts's student days onwards that she was conscious of the attention being paid to her.
(3) Permeability measurements, published elsewhere, indicate that the epithelium is functionally 'tight' from 69 days onwards.
(4) In addition, there is significantly less germ cell production from the primary spermatocyte stage of spermatogenesis onwards and the total number of Sertoli cells observed is less.
(5) We present prediction intervals for two years from January 1990 onwards.
(6) In the preimplantation period, ER patterns remained unvarying on days 2-6 of gestation in both cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments; their levels in nuclear fraction were significantly higher from day 3 onwards while, total cytoplasmic ER concentrations were higher from day 4 of gestation compared with the values obtained for secretory phase tissues from normal ovulatory cycles.
(7) On the other hand, immunohistochemical studies with QH-1 or MB-1 antibody show, beside a capillary network in the central core of the wing bud, individual immunolabelled cells of mesenchymal character within the primarily avascular subectodermal region from the onset of vascularization onwards.
(8) We compared these data with data on the kinetic development of H-2b antigens on fetal hepatocytes cultured from days 15, 16, and 17 pc onwards.
(9) Erythropoietin (EPO) responsive cells can be detected from 7th day onwards.
(10) Similarly from day 140 onwards no oestradiol receptors are evident.
(11) A general practitioner practising from 1940 onwards on the Gruyère region describes visually his former task: permanence on call, daily journeys of 80 km for house calls, often on skis or by sleigh, surgery under most primitive conditions, serious decisions taken lonely, diphtheria-epidemics, frequent tuberculosis, penicillin as a major break-through, picturesque human encounters...A lively testimony of times gone by.
(12) By 7 days, notochordal uptake is markedly diminished, and no uptake of isotope occurs from 8 days onward.
(13) From the second post-transplant year onwards patient survival was worse in diabetic than in non-diabetic patients.
(14) Stem-stature ratios showed a similar pattern; and were confined within a narrow margin from 6 months onwards.
(15) From 8 weeks onward, as a result of the treatment, the tubular lumen of the corpus epididymides became narrowed with thickened pseudostratified epithelium and there was a reduction in the amount of spermatozoa.
(16) In the ileum, significant lysis of collagen in the anastomotic area, as represented by a decreased level of hydroxyproline, occurs from 12 hr postoperatively onward.
(17) From the fourth generation onward, neither hyperinfection nor extra-intestinal migration could be induced even by higher doses of corticosteroids.
(18) First, the disintegration of class voting patterns noticed by sociologists from the late 1950s onwards.
(19) The allegations from the 1970s onwards relate to Knowl View School in Rochdale, where the Liberal Democrat MP served as chairman of governors.
(20) The results indicate that the hypothalamo-pituitary in immature rats reacts in a similar way as that in adult animals from day 16-20 onwards.