Meaning & use
heralded
Publicly announced, welcomed, or praised as important, especially as a sign of something significant to come.
See it in a sentence
The new treatment was heralded as a major breakthrough in cancer research.
Critics heralded her debut novel as one of the best of the decade.
A note on using this word
Heralded is frequently used in the passive voice, as in 'was heralded as', to describe something widely celebrated or announced in advance.
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Words with an opposite meaning
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