usher in

usher in
verb
be a precursor of (Freq. 1)
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The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period

• Syn: ↑inaugurate, ↑introduce
• Derivationally related forms: ↑augury (for: ↑inaugurate)
• Hypernyms: ↑begin, ↑lead off, ↑start, ↑commence
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something

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transitive verb
Etymology: usher (II)
1. : to serve to bring into being : inaugurate

a truce would usher in a period of great uncertainty — New York Times

2. : to bring in or observe the entry of with ceremony

already the town boys were ushering in the month of May — A.T.Quiller-Couch

3. : to mark the beginning or occurrence of

1879 did indeed usher in a renaissance — W.V.Quine

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ˌusher ˈin [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they usher in he/she/it ushers in present participle ushering in past tense ushered in past participle ushered in] mainly journalism phrasal verb
to make an activity or process begin

The talks ushered in a new era of international co-operation.

Thesaurus: to make something start to exist or happensynonym
Main entry: usher

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usher in [phrasal verb]
usher in (something) also usher (something) in
1 : to happen at the beginning of (something, such as a period of activity) and usually to help cause it

The book ushered in a new era of environmental consciousness.

a discovery that ushered in a period of change [=that marked the beginning of a period of change]

2 : to celebrate the beginning of (something)

a celebration to usher in the New Year

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Main Entry: ↑usher

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