preview
A chance to see or try something before it is available to everyone.
An advance showing or display of a film, television program, product, or other work before it is officially released to the public.
To let people see something before it is available to everyone.
To present or display a film, performance, product, or other work before it is officially released to the public.
A short video or piece that shows part of something before it is ready.
A short extract from a film, show, or other work used to promote it before its official release.
To look at how something will appear before you finish it in a computer program or design project.
To display how something will look when completed, especially in software, publishing, or design tools, before making it final.
- Base: preview
- Plural: previews
- Base: preview
- 3rd Person Singular: previews
- Present Participle: previewing
- Past: previewed
in preview mode
1Software setting for draft viewing
In a computer program, seeing how something will look when finished, but not making it final yet.
- Make sure you are in preview mode before checking the layout.
- You can adjust colors while in preview mode.
sneak preview
1An unofficial early viewing event
A chance to see something early, before most people can see it.
- We got a sneak preview of the new store before it opened.
- The magazine offers readers a sneak preview of next season's fashion.