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# heralded

verb form (herald, heralds, heralded, heralding) — past tense and past participle; adjective (heralded)

«heralded» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Was a sign that something was coming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heralded/#m1)
2. Announced loudly or welcomed publicly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heralded/#m2)
3. (adjective, much-heralded) Talked about with great excitement before it happened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heralded/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in history and news: «the invention heralded a new age», «the much-heralded new stadium». In stories trumpets heralded the arrival of the king or queen, as when the Queen of Hearts came to the croquet ground with her procession.

### Examples

- Trumpets heralded the arrival of the King and Queen of Hearts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heralded/#x1)
- The first swallows heralded the summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heralded/#x2)
- The steam train heralded a new age of travel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heralded/#x3)
- The much-heralded film turned out to be boring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heralded/#x4)
- A loud crack of thunder heralded the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heralded/#x5)
- The arrival of the internet heralded great changes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heralded/#x6)

### Note

Past form of «herald». «Much-heralded» = widely talked about in advance; it can sound slightly ironic if the thing disappoints. Similar: announced, signalled, foreshadowed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «heralded» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heralded/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«heralded» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/heralded.html) on Mova free.