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English

Etymology

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

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Noun

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preview (plural previews)

  1. An experience of something in advance.
    Synonym: foretaste
    • 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
      It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in 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. (colloquial) An advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.
  3. A short collection of clips edited together to advertise a film, television show, etc.; a trailer.
  4. Something seen in advance. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  5. (computing) A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.

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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.
    • 1991 August 24, Lewis Gannett, “Gore Stories”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 8:
      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. (computing, 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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