herald

1 to give a slight indication of beforehand the reshuffle of the company's management heralded the sweeping changes to come Synonyms adumbrate, forerun, harbinger, foreshadow, prefigureRelated Words anticipate, foreknow, foresee; forecast, foretell, predict, prognosticate, prophesy; forewarn; augur, bode, forebode (also forbode), portend, presage, promise; allude, connote, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest

2 to make known openly or publicly herald the great tidings to all the world Synonyms advertise, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, declare, enunciate, flash, give out, announce, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, trumpetRelated Words bark, call (off or out), cry; bill, billboard, bulletin, gazette [chiefly British]; knell, ring, toll; blurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puff; disseminate, spread; disclose, divulge, introduce, kithe [chiefly Scottish], manifest, report, reveal, show; advise, apprise, hand down, inform, notify; communicate, impart, intimateNear Antonyms conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withhold; recall, recant, retract, revoke