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//ˈpɹiːvjuː// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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; […]."

  2. 2
    a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public wordnet
  3. 3
    An advance showing of a film, exhibition etc. colloquial
  4. 4
    an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future wordnet
  5. 5
    A short collection of clips edited together to advertise a film, television show, etc.; a trailer.
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  1. 6
    Something seen in advance.
  2. 7
    A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.
Verb
  1. 1
    To show or watch something, or part of it, before it is complete. transitive

    "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.)"

  2. 2
    watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public wordnet
  3. 3
    To show something in advance, a facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pre- + view; compare Old French preveü, past participle of preveoir (“to foresee”).

Etymology 2

From pre- + view; compare Old French preveü, past participle of preveoir (“to foresee”).

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