preview
/ˈpɹiːvjuː/
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Ireland/ˈpɹiːvʉu/
preview noun: an experience of something in advance.
Noun
preview (plural previews)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- foretaste
- An advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.
- A short collection of clips edited together to advertise a film, television show, etc.; a trailer.
- The act of seeing something in advance.
- A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.
Verb
preview (third-person singular simple present previews, present participle previewing, simple past and past participle previewed)
- 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
- To show something in advance, a facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.
preview meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
preview in Hindi
- foretaste of something
- झलक jhalak, प्रस्तुतीकरण prastutīkraṇ
- advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.
- झलक jhalak, प्रस्तुतीकरण prastutīkraṇ
- computing facility
- पूर्वावलोकन pūrvāvlokan
preview in Tamil
- முன்னோட்டம், முன்காட்சி, முன்தோற்றம்
preview in Marathi
- पूर्वावलोकन, पूर्वावलोकन करा
preview in Urdu
- پیش نظارہ, پیش نظارہ کریں, پری ویو
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- preview in Bengali
- প্রাক্প্রচার পরীক্ষা
- preview in Telugu
- ప్రివ్యూ, పూర్వావలోకనము, పూర్వవీక్షణం
- preview in Malayalam
- പ്രിവ്യൂ, പ്രിവ്യൂ ചെയ്യാൻ, പ്രിവ്യൂ ചെയ്യാനായി
- preview in Kannada
- ಮುನ್ನೋಟ munnōṭa
- preview in Punjabi
- ਪੂਰਵਦਰਸ਼ਨ, ਪੂਰਵ-ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼, ਪੂਰਵਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- preview in Gujarati
- પૂર્વાવલોકન, પૂર્વાવલોકન કરો, પૂર્વદર્શન
- preview in Odia
- ପୂର୍ବରୂପ, ପ୍ରାକଦର୍ଶନ କରନ୍ତୁ, ପ୍ରାକଦର୍ଶନ
- preview in Nepali
- पूर्वावलोकन, पूर्वावलोकन गर्नुहोस्, पूर्वावलोकन गर्न
- preview in Malay
- pratonton, previu, treler
- preview in Indonesian
- pratayang
Examples of preview in a sentence
- Their dress rehearsal will be a sneak preview of the show for theater members.
- If you press shift-P, the preview display will change.
- The prefix pre- denotes "before", as in preview.
Synonyms of preview
Forms of preview
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | previews |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | previews |
| present participle | previewing |
| past participle | previewed |
| past | previewed |
Origin of preview
From pre- + view; compare Old French preveü, past participle of preveoir (“to foresee”).
Words formed from preview
Questions about preview
- What does preview mean?
- Preview means an experience of something in advance.
- What is preview in Hindi?
- Preview in Hindi is झलक (jhalak), प्रस्तुतीकरण (prastutīkraṇ), पूर्वावलोकन (pūrvāvlokan). See Preview meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is preview?
- Preview can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce preview?
- Preview is pronounced /ˈpɹiːvjuː/.
- What is the plural of preview?
- The plural of preview is previews.
Words near preview in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: preview (page history and authors); preview (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preview (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); preview (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); preview (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preview (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); preview (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); preview (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); preview (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); preview (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); preview (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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