Vocabulary
Herald
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
be a sign that (something) is about to happen.
Urdu meaning
اہم خبر سنانے والا، خبر دینے والا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
- My last major reported story was also in a magazine, regrettably the last issue of Herald the same year.
- Although I believe that both Newsline and Herald couldhave been shifted to the digital space, I do recognise that most magazines have been squeezed by a decline in advertising and subscription.
- The Basant festival, once a herald of spring that drew tourists from across the globe to Lahore, now joins the growing list of traditions sacrificed at the altar of overreach.
- The Basant festival, once a herald of spring that drew tourists from across the globe to Lahore, now joins the growing list of traditions sacrificed at the altar of overreach.
- Nehru wrote the lines above the masthead of National Herald, the newspaper he published from Lucknow: `The nation is in peril.
Synonyms
signal, indicate, announce, point to, spell, presage, augur, portend, promise, prefigure
Antonyms
enemy, foe, rival
Curator example
“the speech heralded a change in policy”
More vocabulary to explore
About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
so you can see tone and usage.
Common questions
- Do I need to sign up to use this vocabulary page?
- No. Word pages are open to everyone. You can read meanings in English and Urdu, synonyms and antonyms, and example sentences without creating an account.
- Where do the example sentences come from?
- When available, example sentences are drawn from cached matches in our Dawn editorial corpus so you can see how a word is used in real newsroom-style prose.
- How is this different from a dictionary?
- This section is curated for students preparing for competitive exams and editorial reading. Entries are compact, often include Urdu glosses, and are paired with in-context lines from editorials when we have them.
