preview

Noun [change]

Singular
preview

A preview is a showing of a work like a movie, play, or painting, before the public are able to see it.

We went to a preview of the new art show which opens next week.
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.

I had to see the movie, as the preview made it look so exciting.

Plain form
preview

Third-person singular
previews

Past tense
previewed

Past participle
previewed

Present participle
previewing

If you preview something, you get to see it before everyone else.

We went to a special movie night, to preview the latest horror movie.

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