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to herald a new era

to herald a new era

1 6.7
To show or announce the start of a big change
  • idiom
translation icon : anunciar una nueva era
  • This slew of discoveries and dramatic pronouncements heralds a new era in German archaeology.

Examples

  • At the signing ceremony for the mayoral-control bill in June 2002, Bloomberg heralded a new era of accountability.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The discovery of the Higgs boson heralds a new era in particle physics.

  • It will herald a new era of Mars research.

    Blog text (6)
  • Latin America's turn away from statist governments toward democratic practices and free markets heralds a new era south of the United States.

    Academic text (1995)
  • This could herald a new era of government intrusion into First Amendment liberties formerly prohibited under Sherbert.

    Academic text (1990)
  • "Solar power will become the world's greatest energy source in our lifetime, heralding a new era of sustainable and 'democratic' energy supply," says Philip Wolfe, chairman of the cooperative.

    Blog text (22)
  • Indeed, Gorbachev's pressure on Angola to come to an agreement with South Africa in 1988 heralded a new era in which Moscow and Washington (and now Paris) were willing to let old allies, who had previously received significant aid, twist in the wind.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Curtailing their use, if not discarding them altogether, would herald a new era in foreign policy—one both more ambitious and, ultimately, more successful.

    Academic text (2009)
  • These procedures, including single lung (n = 15), double lung (n = 8), and heart-lung (n = 8) transplants, have heralded a new era in the management of end-stage lung disease (Cooper, 1987).

    Academic text (1990)
  • The launch of the new smartphone could herald a new era in technology innovation.

Synonyms

to usher in
vsto herald a new era
35 4.6

To start something new, like a new era or event

announces or signals the start rather than causing it
to herald the arrival
vsto herald a new era
1 6.0

Show that something important is coming

focuses specifically on a period of major change or development

Antonyms

To show that something is finished

How Significant

to herald a new era
1 6.7
to mark
203 1.4

Surface Forms

herald infinitive
heralded past
heralded past participle
heralding present participle
heralds third person singular

Morphology

herald + a + new + era

The meaning 'to announce or signal the beginning of a period of major change' is directly compositional from 'herald' (to publicly announce or foreshadow) plus 'a new era' (the start of a significant period). This is a straightforward verb + noun-phrase combination that follows normal English composition patterns and would be inferable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

The verb herald a new era comes from old messengers called heralds who rode into towns and blew trumpets to announce a king or a big event. So, to herald a new era means to 'announce' or 'show the start' of a big change.