usher in en · VERB
Meanings
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To announce the arrival of something; to herald.
Defeat 12 months ago away to the same opponents signalled the end of John Toshack's reign as Wales manager, ushering in first caretaker Brian Flynn and then current boss Gary Speed.
2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC:
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To begin something with preparatory material; to introduce.
Until recently, journalist inquiries to X's press department received an auto-response of a poop emoji. Yaccarino, attempting to usher in a friendlier era, greets me warmly.
2023 September 30, Hannah Murphy, “The wildest job in Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17:The war-torn first half of the 20th century, together with the railway grouping of 1923, ushered in further austerity in design.
2021 October 20, Dr Joseph Brennan, “A key part of our diverse railway heritage”, in RAIL, number 942, page 56:It ushered in a whole new era.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ushers in | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| ushering in | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| ushered in | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| ushered in | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (12)
pl zapoczątkowywać (introduce) · pl zwiastować (announce the arrival of) · it annunciare (announce the arrival of) · ru анонсировать (announce the arrival of) · de ankündigen (announce the arrival of) · de einleiten (announce the arrival of) · pl ogłaszać (announce the arrival of) · pl ogłosić (announce the arrival of) · nl inleiden (announce the arrival of) · nl aankondigen (announce the arrival of) · pl zapoczątkować (introduce) · ru объявить (announce the arrival of)