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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future [syn: preview, prevue, trailer]
2: a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public v
1: watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Date: 1607 1. to see beforehand; specifically to view or to show in advance of public presentation 2. to give a preliminary survey of • previewer noun II. noun Date: 1882 1. an advance statement, sample, or survey 2. an advance showing or performance (as of a motion picture or play) 3. (also prevue) a showing of clips from a motion picture advertised for appearance in the near future — called also trailer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 the act of seeing in advance. 2 a the showing of a film, play, exhibition, etc., before it is seen by the general public. b (US prevue) a film trailer. --v.tr. see or show in advance.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(previews, previewing, previewed) 1. A preview is an opportunity to see something such as a film, exhibition, or invention before it is open or available to the public. He had gone to see the preview of a play. ...a sneak preview of the type of car that could be commonplace within ten years. N-COUNT 2. If a journalist previews something such as a film, exhibition, or invention, they see it and describe it to the public before the public see it for themselves. He knew about the interview prior to its publication and had actually previewed the piece... VERB: V n

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