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

In fact, “MASS,” after years of puzzled neglect, ultimately came to be heralded as a Bernstein masterpiece, a work that freed contemporary music of genre-fication.

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Their front office is helmed by president of baseball operations David Stearns, one of the most heralded executives in the sport.

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He joined the Blue Jays organization as a 16-year-old and quickly became the most heralded prospect in the entire sport.

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The yen has tumbled to its weakest levels against the dollar since February, on diminished prospects for a Bank of Japan rate increase after the weekend heralded a more dovish government.

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Indeed, “True Colors” heralded Lauper’s decades of work as an activist fighting homelessness among LGBTQ+ youth and combating efforts to restrict women’s reproductive rights.

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