1. preview - Noun
2. preview - Verb
a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
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
Source: WordNetImagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. Albert Einstein
I was in Japan a couple of months ago, I saw a preview for the movie Pearl Harbor. And they showed the Japanese airplanes coming in to bomb Pearl Harbor, and I applauded. Nobody else in the theater applauded. Bobby Fischer
Trump's lack of knowledge or experience or solutions would be bad enough. But what he's doing here is more sinister. Trump is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters. It's a disturbing preview of what kind of President he'd be. Hillary Clinton
Reader, I must confess that while attending the sneak preview with its overwhelmingly female audience, I was gob-smacked by the delightful cleavage on display. Do women wear their lowest-cut frocks for each other? Roger Ebert
If Broadway shows charge preview prices while the cast is in dress rehearsal, why should restaurants charge full price when their dining room and kitchen staffs are still practicing? Marian Burros
Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances. Peter Stone