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pre-vis

pre-vis is the abbreviation of previsualization.

Meaning of previsualization

Noun

previsualization (countable and uncountable, plural previsualizations)

  1. Any technique that attempts to visualize a scene before the filming begins.
    • What became Imageworks began at Sony Pictures in 1992 with five people using computers to help plan complicated live-action scenes — a practice that has since become known as previsualization.2007 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, “Sony Said to Be Pondering Partial Sale of Movie Units”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    previs, previz

Noun capitalized: Pre-Vis

Pre-Vis (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of pre-vis.

Questions about pre-vis

What is pre-vis the abbreviation of?
Pre-vis is the abbreviation of previsualization.
What part of speech is pre-vis?
Pre-vis is a noun.

Words near pre-vis in the dictionary

  1. pre-twists
  2. Pre-U
  3. Pre-Us
  4. pre-vaccine
  5. pre-viewed
  6. pre-vis
  7. pre-voice
  8. pre-voiceless
  9. pre-war
  10. pre-wedding
  11. pre-workout

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pre-vis (page history and authors); Pre-Vis (page history and authors); previsualization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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