Definitions of preview [ˈpriˌvyu]

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Definition of 'preview'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) preview
an earlier or advance view.

2.  preview
an advance showing of a motion picture, play, etc., before its public opening.

3.  preview
an advance showing of brief scenes in a motion picture, television show, etc., for purposes of advertisement.

4.  preview
anything that gives an advance idea or impression of something to come.

5. (v.t.) preview
to view or show beforehand or in advance.

Etymology: (1600–10)

Definition of 'preview'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) preview, prevue, trailer
an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future

2. (verb) preview
a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public

3. (verb) preview
watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public

Definition of 'preview'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) preview
a chance to see a movie, book, etc. before the public does
a preview of her new work; Fans were given a sneak preview of her new songs.

2. preview
a short part of a future movie shown to audiences before they watch another movie; = trailer
I like watching the previews.; critics previewing the film

Translation of 'preview'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a viewing of a performance, exhibition etc before it is open to the public.
Afrikaans: voorskou	Arabic: يَسْتَعْرِض، يُراجِع	Bulgarian: предварително представлен
Brazilian: pré-estreia	Czech: předpremiéra	German: die Probeaufführung
Danish: forpremiere; fernisering	Greek: ανεπίσημα εγκαίνια	Spanish: preestreno
Estonian: eellinastus, eelnäitus	Farsi: پیش نمایی	Finnish: ennakkoesitys
French: avant-première	Hebrew: הַקרָנָה מוּקדֶמֶת	Hindi: पूर्वदर्शन
Croatian: svečana premijera (za uzv	Hungarian: sajtóbemutató	Indonesian: previu, pertunjukan penda
Icelandic: forsÿning	Italian: anteprima	Japanese: 試写(会)
Korean: 시사회	Lithuanian: uždara peržiūra	Latvian: pieņemšanas izrāde
Malay: pratonton	Dutch: voorvertoning	Norwegian: prøveforestilling, førpre
Polish: pokaz przedpremierowy	Persian: پیش نمایی	Pashto: دمخه ليدل
Portuguese: pré-estreia	Romanian: avanpremieră	Russian: закрытый просмотр
Slovak: predpremiéra	Slovenian: predpremiera	Serbian: zatvorena projekcija
Swedish: förhandsvisning	Thai: การชมก่อน	Turkish: ön denetim/gösterim
Taiwanese: 預演，預展	Ukrainian: передчасний закритий пере	Urdu: عام کرنے سے پہلے نمائش کا
Vietnamese: cuộc duyệt trước	Chinese: 预演，预展
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