preview

preview

the showing of a movie, play, etc. prior to its public opening; to see or show in advance: They always show previews before the movie.

Not to be confused with:

purview – the scope or range of something; responsibility, compass, extent: The job is within his purview.

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pre·view

 (prē′vyo͞o′)

n.

1. An advance showing, as of a movie or art exhibition, to which a selected audience is invited before public presentation begins.

2. also pre·vue An advance viewing or exhibition, especially the presentation of several scenes advertising a forthcoming movie; a trailer.

3. An introductory or preliminary message, sample, or overview; a foretaste.

tr.v. pre·viewed, pre·view·ing, pre·views

1. To view or exhibit in advance.

2. To provide a preliminary sample or overview of: The professor previewed the course for us.

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preview

(ˈpriːvjuː) or

prevue

n

1. an advance or preliminary view or sight

2. an advance showing before public presentation of a film, art exhibition, etc, usually before an invited audience of celebrities and journalists

3. (Theatre) a public performance of a play before the official first night

vb

(tr) to view in advance

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pre•view

(ˈpriˌvyu)

n.

1. an earlier or advance view.

2. an advance showing of a motion picture, play, etc., before its public opening.

3. an advance showing of brief scenes in a motion picture, television show, etc., for purposes of advertisement.

4. anything that gives an advance idea or impression of something to come.

v.t.

5. to view or show beforehand or in advance.

[1600–10]

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preview

Past participle: previewed
Gerund: previewing

Imperative

preview

preview

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	preview - an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future prevue, trailer ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing - a public promotion of some product or service
	2.	preview - a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public screening, showing, viewing - the display of a motion picture sneak preview - a preview to test audience reactions
Verb	1.	preview - watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public view, watch, take in, see, catch - see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"

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preview

noun

1. sample, sneak preview, trailer, sampler, taster, foretaste, advance showing He had gone to see a preview of the play.

verb

1. sample, taste, give a foretaste of We preview this season's collections from Paris.

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Translations

يَسْتَعْرِض، يُراجِع

předpremiéra

ferniseringforpremiere

Probeaufführung

preestrenoanticipoavance

avant-premièreprojection corporativeaperçu

sajtóbemutató

forsÿning

anteprimaprevisionevedere in anteprima

uždara peržiūra

pieņemšanas izrāde

førpremiereprøveforestillingvernissasje

predpremiéra

ön denetim/gösterim

预展预演

preview

[ˈpriːvjuː]

A. N [of film] → preestreno m
to give sb a preview of sth (fig) → permitir a algn ver algo de antemano
to have a preview of sth (fig) → ver algo con anticipación, lograr ver algo antes que otros

B. VT → preestrenar

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preview

[ˈpriːvjuː] n

(= advance showing) [film, play, exhibition] → avant-première f

(in newspaper, magazine) → critique f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

preview

n

(of play, film) → Vorpremiere f; (of exhibition) → Vorbesichtigung f; to give somebody a preview of something (fig) → jdm eine Vorschau auf etw (acc) → geben

(Film, TV: = trailer) → Vorschau f (→ of auf +acc)

(Comput) → Seitenansicht f

vt (= view beforehand) → vorher ansehen; (= show beforehand) film → vorher aufführen; paintings, fashions → vorher zeigen

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preview

[ˈpriːvjuː] n (of film) → anteprima
to give sb a preview of sth (fig) → dare a qn un'idea di qc

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

preview

(ˈpriːvjuː) noun

a viewing of a performance, exhibition etc before it is open to the public. voorskou يَسْتَعْرِض، يُراجِع предварително представление pré-estreia předpremiéra die Probeaufführung forpremiere; fernisering ανεπίσημα εγκαίνια preestreno eellinastus, eelnäitus پیش نمایی ennakkoesitys avant-première הַקרָנָה מוּקדֶמֶת पूर्वदर्शन svečana premijera (za uzvanike) sajtóbemutató previu, pertunjukan pendahuluan forsÿning anteprima 試写(会) 시사회 uždara peržiūra pieņemšanas izrāde pratonton voorvertoning prøveforestilling, førpremiere; vernissasje pokaz przedpremierowy دمخه ليدل pré-estreia avanpremieră закрытый просмотр predpremiéra predpremiera zatvorena projekcija förhandsvisning การชมก่อน ön denetim/gösterim 預演，預展 передчасний закритий перегляд фільму عام کرنے سے پہلے نمائش کا ديکھنا، پيش نمائي cuộc duyệt trước 预演，预展

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