Definition of herald - WordReference.com Dictionary

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herald
A	noun
	1	harbinger, forerunner, herald, precursor
			an indication of the approach of something or someone
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚indication; indicant ╚harbinger, forerunner, herald, precursor
	2	herald, trumpeter
			(formal) a person who announces important news; "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚traveler; traveller ╚messenger; courier ╚herald, trumpeter
B	verb
	1	acclaim, hail, herald
			praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚measure; evaluate; valuate; assess; appraise; value ╚praise ╚applaud ╚acclaim, hail, herald
	2	hail, herald
			greet enthusiastically or joyfully
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚come; come up ╚address; accost; come up to ╚greet; recognize; recognise ╚hail, herald
	3	announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
			foreshadow or presage
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚tell ╚announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald

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