herald

«herald» in Mova's school dictionary: In the past, an official who carried messages and made… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a herald, heralds); verb (herald, heralds, heralded, heralding)

meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) In the past, an official who carried messages and made announcements for a king or queen. tree →

2) (noun) A sign that something is coming, as in «the herald of spring». tree →

3) (verb) To be a sign that something is about to happen. tree →

4) (verb) To announce or welcome something loudly and publicly. tree →

5) Part of many newspaper names, such as «The Herald». tree →

sense in the lessons

In history, heralds announced news and organised coats of arms. In Alice in Wonderland the White Rabbit acts as herald at the trial, blowing a trumpet and reading out the charge. In church life the carol «Hark! the herald angels sing» calls the angels heralds of Jesus' birth. In nature lessons, snowdrops herald the coming of spring.

examples

• The herald blew his trumpet and read the king's message. tree →
• The White Rabbit, acting as herald, read out the accusation. tree →
• Snowdrops herald the start of spring. tree →
• «Hark! the herald angels sing.» tree →
• Dark clouds heralded the storm. tree →
• The invention of the steam engine heralded a new age. tree →
• My grandad reads the Herald every morning. tree →
• All the church bells rung, and the heralds rode about the town proclaiming the betrothal. tree →

note

Countable noun; regular verb (heralded). Pronounced HE-ruld. «Heraldry» is the study of coats of arms. In sense 3 the subject is the sign, not a person: «Swallows herald summer».

In the corpora

• And the herald cried aloud: 'To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «herald» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.