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Meanings of harbinger in English
Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
Synonyms
Examples for "herald"
Examples for "herald"
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The benchmarking process should herald progress on modernisation in the education sector.
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They say the red comet is a herald of a new age.
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The Year of the Dragon may herald firey times for China .
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Analysts said the government exit could herald a recovery at the bank.
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Ed Miliband had hoped that 2008 would herald a social democratic moment.
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Late last year her predecessor, Mark Scott, was asked the same questions.
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Patel is also likely to share his predecessor's good reputation among investors.
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The government thus far has sought to distinguish itself from its predecessor.
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Modern overhaul The New Duster looks far more modern than its predecessor.
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The new government has, if anything, a tougher task than its predecessor.
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Overall, he said, Bitcoin is a good precursor for stock market movements.
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He was the precursor of the first serious use of such devices.
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Under different circumstances, cognitive frailty may represent a precursor of neurodegenerative processes.
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Conclusions: CB was highly upregulated in human ESCC and its precursor lesions.
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Nowhere does one find precursor proto-languages; all seem fully formed and complex.
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Such presumption was the natural cause and forerunner of a shameful defeat.
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Tartini was in some sort a forerunner of the modern romantic school.
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She certainly was a forerunner to Katie Couric, so there's no guarantee.
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It was a vile pseudo sentiment-theoffspring or the forerunner of evil.
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It often happens, that prosperity is the forerunner of the greatest misfortunes.
Usage of harbinger in English
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Their woes are a harbinger of the developed market pain to come.
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But the weakness is an opportunity, not a harbinger, fund managers say.
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GO's rocky start in 1987 proved a harbinger of things to come.
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Last week's developed market wobbles may be a harbinger of deeper falls.
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The countenance of the honest Southron was the harbinger of his news.
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These days, alas, you get an altogether more worrying class of harbinger.
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Persistent or intractable hiccups can be a harbinger of serious medical pathology.
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Suddenly, he knew of what this particular horseman would be a harbinger.
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A soft haze, the harbinger of the coming spring, filled the air.
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He will journey to Southampton next week, and I am his harbinger.
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He looked like a harbinger of tempest- ashipmateof the Flying Dutchman.
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Well, it has always been, since remotest antiquity, the harbinger of charms.
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Could this be a harbinger of another round of the same unrest?
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In the eighth inning, a harbinger of Bob Hope's nightmare was realized.
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On most nights, the dark was her friend-sleep'skindly harbinger-butnot tonight.
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It is a possible harbinger of more market weakness to come.
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Translations for harbinger
Portuguese
Harbinger through the time
Harbinger across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common