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Meanings of harbinger in English

Catalan
herald
Spanish
precursor

Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.

herald
Portuguese
prever
Catalan
anunciar
Spanish
presagiar

Foreshadow or presage.

prever
Usage of harbinger in English
1
Their woes are a harbinger of the developed market pain to come.
Reuters
2
But the weakness is an opportunity, not a harbinger, fund managers say.
Reuters
3
GO's rocky start in 1987 proved a harbinger of things to come.
Wired
4
Last week's developed market wobbles may be a harbinger of deeper falls.
Reuters
5
The countenance of the honest Southron was the harbinger of his news.
The Scottish Chiefs
6
These days, alas, you get an altogether more worrying class of harbinger.
The Guardian
7
Persistent or intractable hiccups can be a harbinger of serious medical pathology.
Pubmed
8
Suddenly, he knew of what this particular horseman would be a harbinger.
The Guardian
9
A soft haze, the harbinger of the coming spring, filled the air.
The Fortunes of Oliver Horn
10
He will journey to Southampton next week, and I am his harbinger.
Sir Nigel
11
He looked like a harbinger of tempest- ashipmateof the Flying Dutchman.
Twice-Told Tales
12
Well, it has always been, since remotest antiquity, the harbinger of charms.
Down There
13
Could this be a harbinger of another round of the same unrest?
The Irish Times
14
In the eighth inning, a harbinger of Bob Hope's nightmare was realized.
The last hero: a life of henry aaron
15
On most nights, the dark was her friend-sleep'skindly harbinger-butnot tonight.
Full dark, no stars
16
It is a possible harbinger of more market weakness to come.
Reuters
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Translations for harbinger
Portuguese
prever
Harbinger through the time
Harbinger across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common