usher in

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Verb

usher in - be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"

commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

usher

noun

Something or someone that shows the way:

conductor, director, escort, guide, lead, leader, pilot, shepherd.

verb

To show the way to:

conduct, direct, escort, guide, lead, pilot, route, shepherd, show, steer.

phrasal verb
usher in

1. To make known the presence or arrival of:

announce, herald, introduce, proclaim.

2. To begin (something) with preliminary or prefatory material:

introduce, lead, precede, preface.

Translations

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vt sep people → hineinführen or -bringen or -geleiten (geh); to usher in a new era → ein neues Zeitalter einleiten

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Now, a proud usher in a Yorkshire school was such a very extraordinary and unaccountable thing to hear of,--any usher at all being a novelty; but a proud one, a being of whose existence the wildest imagination could never have dreamed--that Miss Squeers, who seldom troubled herself with scholastic matters, inquired with much curiosity who this Knuckleboy was, that gave himself such airs.

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