preview

Meaning

Noun

1. An experience of something in advance.
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.
5. A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.

Verb

1. (transitive) To show or watch something, or part of it, before it is complete.
2. (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.

Synonyms

prevue

trailer

preliminary inspection

augury

divine

expect

expectation

explore

first night

forecast

forecasting

forerunner

foresee

foreshadowing

foretaste

harbinger

notice

omen

portent

practice

predictor

premiere

premonition

presage

presetting

prognostication

reconnoiter

rehearse

sample

siding

survey

sneak preview

private showing

preliminary showing

preliminary viewing

presurvey

preliminary survey

acknowledgment

pre-estimate

anticipate

anticipation

Translations

Vorschau

anteprima

avant-première

prévisualisation

Preview

preestreno

Voraufführung

projection corporative

vedere in anteprima

ανεπίσημη προβολή ταινίας

diffuser

preestrena

προεπισκόπηση

Vorpremiere

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹiːvjuː/

Etymology

Cognate with Old French: preveu

In summary

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