harbinger

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I'm wondering if this is harbinger of Codeplex's doom very soon.

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Quick take

something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

Meaning at a glance

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noun

something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

verb

foreshadow or presage

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for harbinger.

noun

something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

See also: forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursor

verb

foreshadow or presage

See also: announce, annunciate, foretell, herald

Example sentences

I'm wondering if this is harbinger of Codeplex's doom very soon.

Just that one aspect of this box seems like highly innovative and hopefully a harbinger of things to come in the PC world.

As much as I acknowledge this display's weaknesses, I see it as a harbinger of some long overdue innovation.

I'm not sure that having big dreams and a news-focused mission is necessarily a harbinger of success.

That budget measure, however, did not include a single GOP vote, a harbinger of the lack of bipartisanship to come.

Lincoln was the harbinger of consolidation of federal power in the office of the President.

"Third, there isn't anything concrete to get - the NSA isn't an evil, demonic institution sent here as a harbinger of the apocalypse.

They see layoffs as 'cleaning house' and 'cutting expenses' but the reality is that while that can be true, it more often is a harbinger that the company is not well run.

To wit: the recession and slow recovery of the last couple of years are just that, a recession and slow recovery--they aren't a harbinger to the end of capitalism or conventional labor or employment.