Meanings
nounpreparty (plural preparties)
plural preparties
- A party held before the start of an event, usually a public event.
In true Sundance fashion, there was a preparty for the film, an intimate little dinner that was blown out to include hundreds, followed by the movie itself, and then an afterparty featuring a set by the Honey Brothers, a band that includes both Mr. Grenier and Mr. Gold.
2008 January 22, David Carr, “Shopping for Films but Settling for Some Fun”, in New York Times
Origin
Translations
Danish førfest
- førfestparty before main event
Finnish etkot
- etkotparty before main event
French présoirée
- présoiréeparty before main event
Norwegian Bokmål vorspiel, førfest
- vorspielparty before main event
- førfestparty before main event
Swedish förfest
- förfestparty before main event
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APA
preparty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preparty
MLA
“preparty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preparty. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preparty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preparty.
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