preview
/ˈpɹiːvjuː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An experience of something in advance.
noun
A short collection of clips edited together to advertise a film, television show, etc.; a trailer.
noun
The act of seeing something in advance.
Example Sentences
- "It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […]."
- "Vidal's talk was caled "The Screening Of History," and it was a free-ranging meditation on the United States, the movies, on Vidal's personal history and numerous interconnections. (It also previewed a forthcoming book by the same name.)"