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verb | noun heraldherald1 /ˈhɛrəld/ ●○○ verb [transitive] formal VERB TABLEherald |
Present | I, you, we, they | herald | | he, she, it | heralds | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | heralded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have heralded | | he, she, it | has heralded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had heralded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will herald | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have heralded |
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Present | I | am heralding | | he, she, it | is heralding | | you, we, they | are heralding | Past | I, he, she, it | was heralding | | you, we, they | were heralding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been heralding | | he, she, it | has been heralding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been heralding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be heralding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been heralding |
1to be a sign of something that is going to come or happen soon: The first red leaves appeared, heralding autumn.2to be heralded as something to be publicly called good or important: She has been heralded as one of the country’s finest musicians. → see also much-heralded verb | noun heraldherald2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYherald2Origin: 1300-1400 Old French herault 1social studies, history someone who carried messages from a ruler in past times2a sign that something is soon going to happen: herald of The tiny flowers are a herald of spring. |