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Definition: Preview |
PreviewNoun1. An advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future. 2. A screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public. Verb1. Watch a movie or play before it is released to the general public. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "preview" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1960. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | A view of a performance or exhibition before it is open to the public: a showing or viewing of a motion picture before it is released for commercial exhibition. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In a computer, one may choose to preview a page of text on screen before printing it. This is known as print preview.
Many websites and online forums allow users to preview their content before submitting it. This is especially important in sites with complex markup, but also serves as second chance to catch spelling errors and similar issues.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Preview."
Synonyms: PreviewSynonyms: prevue (n), trailer (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Preview |
| English words defined with "preview": sneak preview. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "preview": COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN ♦ Map It ♦ Portable Forth Environment ♦ Tribal Review Program. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Preview" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (page preview). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Expo 67: A Preview (1966) Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961) Hollywood Preview (1955) Preview (1949) Porky's Preview (1941) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Business | Charge-card holders and regular customers are also invited to a sale preview before it is open to the public. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Belize | The Belize Broadcasting Authority regulates broadcasting and asserts its right to preview certain broadcasts, such as those with political content, and to delete any defamatory or personally libelous material from political broadcasts. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Preview" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 76.56% of the time. "Preview" is used about 273 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 76.56% | 209 | 21,011 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 15.38% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.96% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.73% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 0.37% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 273 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Preview Systems Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "preview": give smb. a preview of smth. ♦ page preview ♦ sneak preview. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "preview": preview-knowing, Preview-overview-inview-review. | |
Ending with "preview": film-preview. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
movie preview | 1,324 | 2 half life preview | 77 |
avi preview | 536 | preview properties | 76 |
preview | 480 | free preview | 76 |
6.0 messenger msn preview | 170 | free movie preview | 74 |
college football preview | 148 | free preview sex | 72 |
2 halo preview | 142 | paysite preview | 71 |
2004 madden preview | 133 | 6 msn preview | 70 |
gregs preview | 125 | preview music | 69 |
matrix poster preview | 125 | video game preview | 67 |
hulk preview | 122 | hulk movie preview | 60 |
free porn preview | 117 | harry order phoenix potter preview | 59 |
kazaa preview | 107 | dogfart preview | 59 |
fall preview | 99 | sneak preview | 58 |
matrix preview revolution | 98 | 2003 draft nba preview | 58 |
game preview | 93 | 6 messenger msn preview | 57 |
6.0 msn preview | 88 | 2004 live nba preview | 56 |
porn preview | 85 | ps2 preview | 55 |
sex tracker preview | 85 | soap opera preview | 55 |
review and preview | 81 | harry potter preview | 53 |
extractor kazaa preview | 79 | video preview | 53 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "preview"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | parapremierë, shikim paraprak, inspektim (inspection, review, revision, visitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نظرة عامة (bird's eye view, survey), عرض مسبق, ألقى نظرة عامة (sweep). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | гледам на закрито представление, предварително изявление, предварителен преглед, правя предварителен преглед на. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 预览 (prevue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | předvádìní filmu, předpremiéra. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | preview, voorafkijk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیش چشی , پیش دیدکردن , قبلارویت کردن , اطلاع قبلی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ennakkonäytös, ennakkoesitys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | avant-première (press view). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vorschau (forecast, prewiev, prospect, sneak, trailer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρεμιέρα (first night, premiere), προεπίδειξη κινηματογραφικήσ ταινίασ, ανεπίσημη προβολή ταινίασ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "צ'" מוק"מת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sajtóbemutató, film elõzetes bemutatója. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vernissage (private view), anteprima (sneak). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 試写 (private showing), 予告編 , 予告篇 , プレハブ住宅 (prefabricated house, prefix, premiere show, premium, premium sale, preparation, previewer), 内見 (preliminary inspection), 内検 (preliminary inspection), 下見 (preliminary inspection, siding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | プレ"ュー , したみ (preliminary inspection, siding), ないけ" (preliminary inspection), ししゃ (branch office, casualty, deceased, emissary, envoy, messenger, private showing, test firing), よ"くへ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 시사 (prevue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | roie-haishbynys (prerelease), cur shilley er rolaue. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eviewpray pré-estréia, visualização (visualization). (various references) avanpremierã. (various references) анонс (ad, advertisement), предварительный просмотр (look-ahead). (various references) predpremijera, predhodan pregled. (various references) presentar a los críticos (press view), preestreno, vista anticipada, ver antes que los demás (press view), avance (advance, advance payment, advanced, attack, development, drive, lead, looting, progress, seaway, thrust, trailer), asistir a la presentación a los críticos (press view). (various references) förhandsvisning. (various references) gala öncesi özel gösterim. (various references) анонс (advertisement, announcement, card), попередній перегляд кінофільму. (various references) sự xem trước. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "preview": previewed, previewer, previewers, previewing, previews. (additional references) | |
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"Preview" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ardview, perveen, pervie, perview, Peveit, pravice, pregiven, preve, preveen, Prevezer, previ, previa, previas, previe, Previewz, prevised, prevue, prevy, privie, privied, privier, pryvie. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "preview" (pronounced prē"vyuw') |
| 3 | -v y uw' | interview, overview, purview. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-p-r-v-w" | |
-1 letter: review, viewer. | |
-2 letters: reive, viper, wiper, wiver. | |
-3 letters: ever, ewer, peer, peri, pier, pree, ripe, rive, veep, veer, vier, view, weep, weer, weir, were, wipe, wire, wive. | |
-4 letters: ere, eve, ewe, ire, pee, per, pew, pie, ree, rei, rep, rev, rip, vee, vie, wee. | |
-5 letters: er, pe, pi, re, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-p-r-v-w" | |
+1 letter: previews. | |
+2 letters: prereview, previewed, previewer. | |
+3 letters: previewers, previewing, superwives, viewership. | |
+4 letters: viewerships. | |
+5 letters: overpowering, preinterview. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 65 76 69 65 77 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . ...- .. . .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01110110 01101001 01100101 01110111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e v i e w |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 0076 0069 0065 0077 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50847188757189 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Company Usage 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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