Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈpɹiːvjuː/
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/ˈpɹiːvʉu/
Pronunciation notes
- Ireland
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ˈpɹiːvjʉː
Noun
An experience of something in advance.
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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; […].
An advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.
Usage- Colloquial
A short collection of clips edited together to advertise a film, television show, etc.; a trailer.
The act of seeing something in advance.
A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.
Verb
To show or watch something, or part of it, before it is complete.
Usage- Transitive
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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.)
To show something in advance, a facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.
Usage- Transitive
Noun
an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
Verb
watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public