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previewed

previewed is the simple past and past participle of preview.

Meaning of preview

Verb

preview (third-person singular simple present previews, present participle previewing, simple past and past participle previewed)

  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.

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Questions about previewed

What is previewed the simple past and past participle of?
Previewed is the simple past and past participle of preview.

Words near previewed in the dictionary

  1. preview
  2. preview-qualities
  3. preview-quality
  4. previewability
  5. previewable
  6. previewed
  7. previewer
  8. previewers
  9. previewing
  10. previews
  11. preving

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Adapted from Wiktionary: previewed (page history and authors); preview (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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