heralded

[her-uhl-did]

adjective

1. proclaimed or announced; publicized.

   Despite all the heralded breakthroughs in medicine over the last century, the human body remains largely a mystery.

2. having its coming signaled or indicated; ushered in.

   The guerrilla fighters were not accustomed to pitched battles, nor to the trumpet-heralded attack.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of herald.

Other Word Forms

• unheralded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of heralded¹

First recorded in 1840–45; herald ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; herald ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

But the resumption of the Knesset's work on October 20 heralded the return of transactional politics and potential threats for the government.

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The triumph it inspired is still heralded now.

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It’s a play on the alert that heralded a new participant in online chat rooms of the 1990s and aughts, a time when many of this phrase’s current users weren’t born.

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His fastball, heralded in Japan for frequently reaching triple-digits, hung around a far more pedestrian 96 mph in his initial outings with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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The arrival of the Premier League in 1992 heralded big changes, not least in the amounts of money invested into the sport.

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