"a foretaste," 1880, from preview (v.); specifically "a showing of a book, film, etc. before public release" from 1920.

c. 1600, "to see beforehand," from pre- + view (v.). Meaning "to show (a film, etc.) before its public opening" is from 1928. Related: Previewed; previewing.

an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public a screening for a select audie [..]

a kind of report on a film, programme or book etc, soon to be released

a short film, usually with excerpts from a future film, intended as an advertisement; a sneak preview refers to an unadvertised, often surprise showing of an entire film before its general release or [..]

)In word processing, previewing refers to formatting a document for the printer, but then displaying it on the display screen instead of printing it. Previewing allows you to see exactly how the docum [..]

A private showing of a motion picture or exhibition to a limited audience in advance of the official public release or opening date. Also refers to a brief sequence of scenes taken from a motion pictu [..]

or prevue (PV):

A story about a future event. Also called an advance.

A reduced size or length audio and/or visual representation of Content, in the form of one or more images, text files, audio files and/or moving image files.

(n) an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future(n) a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public(v) watch (a [..]

The first step in proposing a new program. As part of the preview process, the proposer must meet with the Associate Vice Provost to prepare information for review by the Provost's Office. A new [..]

Functionality that allows users to display the current state of the text area (e.g. description, comment) they are working on without having to save the work first. Preview functionality exists for wo [..]

Preview is a view in Cascade Server that enables the user to view a page

The part of the introduction that identifies the main points to be developed in the body of the speech and presents an overview of the speech to follow.

A feature allowing you to see a live example of your page while it is still a Draft and not accessible on the web. related: test

Specified date, time and place property is available for prospective buyer viewing and evaluation, also known as an “Inspection.”

The art works are exhibited at Grisebach one week prior to auction. A selection of works is also shown in various cities (Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Munich and Zürich). The preview dates are avail [..]

1) To play the edit in a digital audio editing system before committing to save it. 2) In a computer assisted punch in, to have the computer play over the area while switching the monitoring so that t [..]