"prewatch" meaning in All languages combined

See prewatch on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: prewatches [present, singular, third-person], prewatching [participle, present], prewatched [participle, past], prewatched [past]
Etymology: From pre- + watch. Etymology templates: {{af|en|pre-|watch}} pre- + watch Head templates: {{en-verb}} prewatch (third-person singular simple present prewatches, present participle prewatching, simple past and past participle prewatched)
  1. (transitive) To watch (a movie, episode, etc.) before it is publicly released. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-prewatch-en-verb-WV6aEe9X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
  2. (transitive) To watch before doing a live reaction. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-prewatch-en-verb-fZpp21A8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2026 February 11, Any_Measurement229, r/atrioc, Reddit, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2026:",
          "text": "Atrioc has said before that the reason he, how money works, and others say the same stuff is because they are all reading the the ^([sic]) Financial Times. It comes up sometimes cause he'll be reacting to something and it'll seem like he prewatched it but in reality he only knows whats coming up because both him and the person he's reacting to read the same FT article.",
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