heralded

American  

[her-uhl-did] / ˈhɛr əl dɪd /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unheralded adjective

Etymology

Origin of heralded

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

Born in 1925, Slenczynska was heralded one of the greatest child prodigies since Mozart.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Our critic heralded it as “an expertly crafted one-man thriller.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Cameron Boozer, forward, Duke: The heralded freshman has lived up to every expectation, anchoring a five-player double-figure scoring lineup that made Duke the No. 1 overall seed and the team everyone else is chasing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

The younger Windsors are eschewing the grinding rounds of endless ribbon-cutting their forebears engaged in to try to make fewer, more high-impact interventions heralded to the nation via social media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

It was covered in dormant young rosebuds, even now, well into June—a thing that happened only infrequently, and usually heralded an extra-long hot summer.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques