preview

also n.

1. An advance showing, as of a movie or art exhibition, to which a selected audience is invited before public presentation begins.
2. An advance viewing or exhibition, especially the presentation of several scenes advertising a forthcoming movie; a trailer.
3. An introductory or preliminary message, sample, or overview; a foretaste.

tr.v., -viewed, also -vued, -view·ing, -vu·ing, -views, -vues.

1. To view or exhibit in advance.
2. To provide a preliminary sample or overview of: The professor previewed the course for us.

To see ahead of time. Page layout and word processing programs often have a preview function that lets you see how all the pages will appear before they are printed. In the days of character-based interfaces, a preview was absolutely necessary to see how different fonts would look or how graphics would integrate with text. In today's GUI-based applications, a preview typically produces thumbnails of all the pages so you can spot excessive page breaks and inconsistencies in the entire document.

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n

Definition: preliminary showing
Antonyms: criticism

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IN BRIEF: A showing ahead of time.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fernisering, forpremiere, prøve
v. tr. - se forud

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorbeschouwen, vooruitblikken, van te voren (laten) zien, voorbeschouwing, vooruitblik

Français (French)
n. - avant-première, vernissage, présentation
v. tr. - présenter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorschau, Voraufführung
v. - eine Vorschau sehen von

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προκαταρκτική προβολή, δοκιμαστική προβολή, (Η/Υ) προεπισκόπηση
v. - παρουσιάζω ή παρακολουθώ ανεπίσημη πρώτη παράσταση, (Η/Υ) προεπισκοπώ

Italiano (Italian)
presentare in anteprima, anteprima, anticipazione, bozza, prossimamente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pré-estréia (f), trailer (m)
v. - assistir ou apresentar em pré-estréia

Русский (Russian)
предварительный просмотр, предварительное обсуждение, предварительно просматривать, подвергать предварительному обсуждению

Español (Spanish)
n. - avance, trailer, presentación a los críticos
v. tr. - preestrenar, asistir a un estreno, presentar a los críticos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förhandsvisning, förhandsgranskning
v. - förhandsvisa, förhandsgranska

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
预看, 预习, 预先审查, 试演, 事先查看, 预演, 预展

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 預看, 預習, 預先審查, 試演
v. tr. - 事先查看, 預演, 預展

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 예비검사
v. tr. - ~의 시연을 보다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 試写, 試演, 予告編, 下見, 内見
v. - 試写を見る, 下見する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) استعرض, مراجعه (فعل) يستعرض, يراجع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מופע מוקדם, הצגה מוקדמת, ראייה מוקדמת‬
v. tr. - ‮העלה הצגה מוקדמת, חזה בהצגה מוקדמת‬

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