HERALD

[verb] [T] [formal or literary] - to be a sign that (something important, and often good) is starting to happen, or to make (something) publicly known, esp. by celebrating or praising itThe president's speech heralds a new era in relations between these two troubled states.This latest development has been heralded as a major breakthrough in modern science.This novel comes three years after the writer's much heralded (= greatly praised) first book.