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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ah-deh-lahn-teh
"Tenemos que seguir adelante con nuestros planes."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Toward a point ahead; in a forward direction or continuing on.
"With heavy hearts but determined spirits, they marched onward into the unknown."
- 1
Moving forward or continuing ahead; advancing.
"The onward momentum of the project required all team members to stay focused."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'on' (on, toward) combined with 'weard' (towards, in the direction of). Dating back to the pre-1000 era, it originally functioned to express spatial or temporal progression, evolving to denote continuing motion or time into the future without stopping.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Onward" is said worldwide
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en avant
Transliteration: ahn ah-vahn
"Il faut continuer en avant malgré les difficultés."
vorwärts
Transliteration: fohr-verts
"Wir müssen von hier an vorwärts gehen."
avanti
Transliteration: ah-vahn-tee
"Camminavano avanti senza voltarsi."
adelante
Transliteration: ah-deh-lahn-teh
"Tenemos que seguir adelante con nuestros planes."
adiante
Transliteration: ah-dee-ahn-tee
"Eles continuaram adiante apesar da tempestade."
आगे
Transliteration: aage
"हमें जीवन में हमेशा आगे बढ़ते रहना चाहिए।"
向前
Transliteration: xiàng qián
"我们必须鼓起勇气继续向前。"
앞으로
Transliteration: ap-euro
"우리는 앞으로 나아가야 합니다."
前へ
Transliteration: mae e
"私たちは一歩ずつ前へ進んだ。"
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