"preview" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpriːvjʉː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-preview.wav [UK] Forms: preview [singular], previews [plural]
Etymology: pre- + view Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|pre|view}} pre- + view Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A preview is a showing of a work like a movie, play, or painting, before the public are able to see it.
    Sense id: simple-preview-en-noun-w1CyUaTD
  2. A preview can be a short sample from a movie, used as an advertisement before the movie is ready to be shown to the public.
    Sense id: simple-preview-en-noun-Lr1IqisN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with pre-

Verb

IPA: /ˈpriːvjʉː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-preview.wav [UK] Forms: preview [canonical], previews [third-person, singular], previewed [past], previewed [past, participle], previewing [present, participle]
Etymology: pre- + view Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|pre|view}} pre- + view Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you preview something, you get to see it before everyone else.
    Sense id: simple-preview-en-verb-hK55XjcL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with pre-
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