HARBINGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does harbinger mean? 

• HARBINGER (noun)
  The noun HARBINGER has 1 sense:

1. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

  Familiarity information: HARBINGER used as a noun is very rare.

• HARBINGER (verb)
  The verb HARBINGER has 1 sense:

1. foreshadow or presage

  Familiarity information: HARBINGER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARBINGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

forerunner; harbinger; herald; precursor; predecessor

Hypernyms ("harbinger" is a kind of...):

indicant; indication (something that serves to indicate or suggest)

Derivation:

harbinger (foreshadow or presage)

• HARBINGER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they harbinger    ... he / she / it harbingers   
Past simple: harbingered   
Past participle: harbingered   
-ing form: harbingering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Foreshadow or presage

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

announce; annunciate; foretell; harbinger; herald

Hypernyms (to "harbinger" is one way to...):

tell (let something be known)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

harbinger (something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone)