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- pronunciation:
- har
bihn
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: |
noun |
definition: |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner.
The robin is a harbinger of spring.The closing down of several newspapers was a harbinger of the tyranny and oppression that was to come.- synonyms:
- augury, auspices, forerunner, herald, portent, premonition, presage, sign
- similar words:
- indication, indicator, messenger, omen, precursor, promise, prophecy, signal
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related words: |
antecedent |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
harbingers, harbingering, harbingered |
definition: |
to give an early sign of (an approaching person or event).
Tremors in the preceding weeks harbingered the massive earthquake.- synonyms:
- bode, foretell, herald, portend, presage
- similar words:
- announce, foreshadow, indicate, proclaim, signal
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introduce |
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