verb, noun
verb [VN] (written)
1 to be a sign that sth is going to happen:
These talks could herald a new era of peace * She felt a dull ache in her right temple, heralding a migraine.
2 ~ sb/sth (as sth) [oftenpassive] to say in public that sb/sth is good or important:
The report is being heralded as a blueprint for the future of transport.
Part of speech: noun
1 something that shows that sth else is going to happen soon:
The government claims that the fall in unemployment is the herald of economic recovery. * I think of primroses as the heralds of spring.
2 (in the past) a person who carried messages from a ruler
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for herald is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is herald a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, herald is tagged as noun.
Does herald appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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