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preview en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɹiːvjuː/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpɹiːvʉu/ (Ireland)
  • /ˈpɹiːvjuː/ Dublin

Etymology

From pre- + view; compare Old French preveü, past participle of preveoir (“to foresee”).

Meanings

  1. An experience of something in advance.
    • It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […]. 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
  2. (colloquial) An advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.
  3. A short collection of clips edited together to advertise a film, television show, etc.; a trailer.
  4. The act of seeing something in advance.
  5. A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
previews Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

sneak preview · postpreview · preview-quality

Synonyms

forelook · foreview · foretaste

Translations (75)

hu betekintő (foretaste of something) · es premier (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · ja プレビュー (computing facility) · ko 미리보기 (the act of seeing something in advance) · nl voorvertoning (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · ms previu (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · nl avant-première (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · it previsualizzazione (computing facility) · hu betekintés (foretaste of something) · ckb پێشبینی (foretaste of something) · sv försmak (foretaste of something) · hu előzetes (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · hi पूर्वावलोकन (computing facility) · hi झलक (foretaste of something) · pl prapremiera (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · hi झलक (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · sv förhandsvisning (foretaste of something) · nl voorproefje (foretaste of something) · de Vorschau (foretaste of something) · gl previsualización (computing facility) · es vista previa (computing facility) · sv glimt (foretaste of something) · de Preview (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · pt pré-visualização (computing facility) · ms treler (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · fi esikatselu (computing facility) · ru предвкуше́ние (foretaste of something) · nl voorsmaakje (foretaste of something) · el πρώτη προβολή (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · az ilkin baxış (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · is stikla (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · kn ಮುನ್ನೋಟ (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · nl voorsmaak (foretaste of something) · el προεπισκόπηση (foretaste of something) · de Vorblick (foretaste of something) · ja 試写会 (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · bg предвари́телен пре́глед (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · sv förhandsvisning (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · it visione in anteprima (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · hi प्रस्तुतीकरण (foretaste of something) · hu ízelítő (foretaste of something) · fi esimaku (foretaste of something) · hu előbemutató (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · pt antestreia (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · ru предвари́тельный просмо́тр (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · ru предвари́тельный просмо́тр (computing facility) · az önbaxış (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · ru предосмо́тр (computing facility) · sh pregled (the act of seeing something in advance) · nl voorproef (foretaste of something) · fr aperçu (foretaste of something) · pt prévia (foretaste of something) · mi arokitenga (computing facility) · ru предосмо́тр (the act of seeing something in advance) · nl voorschouw (the act of seeing something in advance) · nb forhåndsvisning (computing facility) · es previsualización (computing facility) · hi प्रस्तुतीकरण (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · nl voorproefje (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · ti ቅድመ ትርኢት (computing facility) · cmn 預覽 /预览 (computing facility) · hu nyomtatási kép (computing facility) · es vista preliminar (computing facility) · es preestreno (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · hu előnézet (computing facility) · pl przedsmak (foretaste of something) · fi esinäytös (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · ms pratonton (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · pl podgląd (the act of seeing something in advance) · ru предосмо́тр (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · it anteprima (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · de Voraufführung (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · fi ennalta näkeminen (the act of seeing something in advance) · de Vorschau (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) · it assaggio (foretaste of something)

preview en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɹiːvjuː/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpɹiːvʉu/ (Ireland)
  • /ˈpɹiːvjuː/ Dublin

Etymology

From pre- + view; compare Old French preveü, past participle of preveoir (“to foresee”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To show or watch something, or part of it, before it is complete.
    • Vidal's talk was caled "The Screening Of History," and it was a free-ranging meditation on the United States, the movies, on Vidal's personal history and numerous interconnections. (It also previewed a forthcoming book by the same name.) 1991 August 24, Lewis Gannett, “Gore Stories”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 8:
  2. (transitive) To show something in advance, a facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
previewed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
previewed Tense=Past lexicographic
previews Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
previewing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

unpreviewed · previewable · previewer · repreview

Translations (22)

es visionar (to watch something in advance) · it previsualizzare (computing: to see something in advance) · gl previsualizar (computing: to see something in advance) · ca visionar (to show something in advance) · mi tiro takamua (computing: to see something in advance) · ko 미리 보다 (to show something in advance) · id pratayang (to show something in advance) · fr prévoir (computing: to see something in advance) · fr diffuser (to show something in advance) · fi näyttää ennalta (to show something in advance) · mi tiro takamua (to show something in advance) · sv förhandsgranska (computing: to see something in advance) · es preestrenar (to show something in advance) · mi arokite (to show something in advance) · fr prévisualiser (computing: to see something in advance) · es premostrar (to show something in advance) · fi esittää ennalta (to show something in advance) · pt pré-visualizar (computing: to see something in advance) · fi katsoa ennalta (to watch something in advance) · es previsualizar (computing: to see something in advance) · sv förhandsvisa (to show something in advance) · fi esikatsella (computing: to see something in advance)