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preview
- /ˈpɹiːvjuː/
- /ˈpɹiːvʉu/ Ireland
Where it comes from
From pre- + view; compare Old French preveü, past participle of preveoir (“to foresee”).
noun previews
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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; […].
Similar: 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 previews · previewing · 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.)
- To show something in advance, a facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: prevue, foretaste, prepayment, harbinger, prior, preliminary, presentation, visioning, viewing, view, visualise, review, overview, visualization, offer, summary
Translations
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noun foretaste of something
| हिन्दी | झलक jhalak, प्रस्तुतीकरण prastutīkraṇ |
|---|---|
| Português | prévia |
| Français | aperçu |
| Deutsch | Vorschau, Vorblick |
| Italiano | assaggio |
| Ελληνικά | προεπισκόπηση proepiskópisi |
| Русский | предвкуше́ние predvkušénije |
noun advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.
| Español | preestreno, premier |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 試写会 shishakai |
| हिन्दी | झलक jhalak, प्रस्तुतीकरण prastutīkraṇ |
| Português | antestreia |
| Deutsch | Vorschau, Voraufführung, Preview |
| Italiano | anteprima, visione in anteprima |
| Ελληνικά | πρώτη προβολή próti provolí |
| Русский | предвари́тельный просмо́тр predvarítelʹnyj prosmótr, предосмо́тр predosmótr |
noun the act of seeing something in advance
| 한국어 | 미리보기 miribogi |
|---|---|
| Русский | предосмо́тр predosmótr |
noun computing facility
| Español | previsualización, vista previa, vista preliminar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | プレビュー purebyū |
| 中文 | 預覽 /预览 yùlǎn |
| हिन्दी | पूर्वावलोकन pūrvāvlokan |
| Português | pré-visualização |
| Italiano | previsualizzazione |
| Русский | предвари́тельный просмо́тр predvarítelʹnyj prosmótr, предосмо́тр predosmótr |
verb to show something in advance
| Español | premostrar, preestrenar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 미리 보다 miri boda |
| Français | diffuser |
verb to watch something in advance
| Español | visionar |
|---|
verb computing: to see something in advance
| Español | previsualizar |
|---|---|
| Português | pré-visualizar |
| Français | prévoir, prévisualiser |
| Italiano | previsualizzare |
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title = {preview},
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