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# preview

«preview» in Mova's school dictionary: **a chance to see something before it is shown to everyone…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a preview, previews); verb (preview, previews, previewed, previewing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A preview is a chance to see something before it is shown to everyone, such as a film or a show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preview/#m1)

2) A preview is a short look at something coming later, like a trailer or a summary of what a lesson will cover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preview/#m2)

3) On a computer, a preview shows how a file, photo or page will look before you print, send or open it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preview/#m3)

4) To preview something is to look at it, or show it, in advance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preview/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: film previews and trailers, phone message previews, print preview. In reading lessons, «previewing» a book (looking at the cover, title and headings first) helps you predict and understand. Phrases: «a sneak preview», «print preview», «preview the chapter».

### examples

- We got a sneak preview of the school play at the dress rehearsal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preview/#x1)
- Click print preview to check the page before you print. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preview/#x2)
- The teacher previewed tomorrow's lesson on fractions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preview/#x3)
- Before reading, preview the headings and pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preview/#x4)
- My phone shows a preview of each message. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preview/#x5)
- The film preview made it look really scary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preview/#x6)
- Preview your email before you send it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preview/#x7)

### note

Countable noun; verb is regular (previewed). «Pre-» means before, so preview = view before. Message previews can show private messages on a locked screen, so you can turn them off.

### In the corpora

- [pre- means before (preview, prehistoric); sub- means under (submarine, subway).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «preview» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preview/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.