Dictionary

preparty en · NOUN

Etymology

From pre- + party.

Meanings

1. A party held before the start of an event, usually a public event.
   • In true Sundance fashion, there was a preparty for the film, an intimate little dinner that was blown out to include hundreds, followed by the movie itself, and then an afterparty featuring a set by the Honey Brothers, a band that includes both Mr. Grenier and Mr. Gold. 2008 January 22, David Carr, “Shopping for Films but Settling for Some Fun”, in New York Times:

Forms

Relateds

afterparty

Translations (11)

nb førfest (party before main event) · fr présoirée (party before main event) · sv förfest (party before main event) · nn førfest (party before main event) · smn ovdâjuhle (party before main event) · nb vorspiel (party before main event) · sms ooudjuhll (party before main event) · fi etkot (party before main event) · se vorsa (party before main event) · nn vorspiel (party before main event) · da førfest (party before main event)