heraldverb [ T ]
uk/ˈher.əld/us/ˈher.əld/formalto be a sign that something important, and often good, is starting to happen, or to make something publicly known, especially by celebrating or praising it:
The president's speech heralds a new era in foreign policy.
This drug has been heralded as a major breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer.
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Predicting things and intuition
- augur
- augury
- bellwether
- betcha
- bode
- far-sighted
- intuition
- intuitive
- nasty
- omen
- ominous
- projection
- prophetic
- psychic
- read sb's mind idiom
- read sb's palm idiom
- read the runes idiom
- scenario
- scent
- visionary
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heraldnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈher.əld/us/ˈher.əld/formal a sign that something will happen, change, etc.:
If this first opera of the season is a herald (= sign) of what is to come, we can expect great things.
in the past, a person who carried important messages and made announcements
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Predicting things and intuition
- augur
- augury
- bellwether
- betcha
- bode
- far-sighted
- intuition
- intuitive
- nasty
- omen
- ominous
- projection
- prophetic
- psychic
- read sb's mind idiom
- read sb's palm idiom
- read the runes idiom
- scenario
- scent
- visionary
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Messengers and people who deliver things