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previewer

previewer noun: a person who sees a film or TV program, etc. before its general release to the public.

Noun

previewer (plural previewers)

  1. A person who sees a film or TV program, etc. before its general release to the public.
  2. A program that provides a preview of a document or other work.
    • For example, the Macintosh versions of TeX provide a screen previewer as a part of the basic package, whereas the screen previewer for the IBM PC is an extra.1988, Institute for Scientific Information, “The Scientist”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 2, numbers 1-12
    • To view a file for which there is no previewer installed, save the file to disk and open it with the appropriate application.2010, Jim Boyce, Microsoft® Outlook® 2010 Inside Out

Forms of previewer

pluralpreviewers

Origin of previewer

From preview + -er or pre- + viewer.

Questions about previewer

What does previewer mean?
Previewer means a person who sees a film or TV program, etc. before its general release to the public.
What part of speech is previewer?
Previewer is a noun.
What is the plural of previewer?
The plural of previewer is previewers.

Words near previewer in the dictionary

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

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