Preview Meaning
/ˈpɹiːvjuː/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn experience of something in advance.
nounAn advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.
Sentence Examples
There was a special sneak preview last night.
Let me give you a preview.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Before the movie's official release, critics were invited to a special ____ to review it.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The director gave journalists an exclusive ____ of the film before its official release date.
Word Origin & History
From pre- + view; compare Old French preveü, past participle of preveoir (“to foresee”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […]."
— 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
"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.)"
— 1991 August 24, Lewis Gannett, “Gore Stories”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 8:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Before the movie's official release, critics were invited to a special ____ to review it.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The director gave journalists an exclusive ____ of the film before its official release date.