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Narrator: Today's word is "Preview" — noun, pronounced /ˈpriːvjuː/, with the stress on "pre".
Narrator: A preview is an opportunity to see something before it is shown to the general public.
Narrator: In plain English, it is a sneak peek.
Narrator: It combines pre, before, with view, from the Old French veue, sight.
Narrator: A common collocation is "a sneak preview", which describes an early, exclusive look.
Narrator: It differs from "trailer", because a trailer is a short advert, while a preview can be a full early showing.
Narrator: In computing, a print preview shows how a document will look before printing.
Narrator: Film, theatre, publishing and software all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a preview is a look before the launch.
Speaker A: Why did we see the play in preview week?
Speaker B: Because tickets are cheaper! PREVIEW simply means a view before.
Speaker A: So it's before the official opening?
Speaker B: Exactly, before the critics come.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Here's a sneak preview of the new range", an early look. "Check the print preview first", software. "Critics previewed the exhibition", the verb use.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Write preview as one word without a hyphen, and do not confuse it with review, which comes afterwards.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Sneak peek is its cousin, trailer is its twin, and foretaste is the literary alternative, but preview keeps its exclusive charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "preview" in AI prompts — useful for web editors and email marketing tools.
Speaker A: How would a web editor use it?
Speaker B: Show live results.
Prompt: Build a React component that shows a live preview of Markdown text as the user types.
Speaker A: And email tools?
Speaker B: Optimise the first glance.
Prompt: Write five email preview lines under ninety characters for our spring sale.
Speaker A: Could it help file managers?
Speaker B: Yes, thumbnails.
Prompt: Generate image previews at two hundred pixels wide for every photo uploaded to this folder.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Link sharing.
Prompt: Add Open Graph tags so this page shows a rich preview when shared on social media.
Preview — meaning in Arabic & definition More P courses GL Dictionary