prevue

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A form of preview — An experience of something in advance.

UncommonScrabble 11

Meanings

verbprevue (third-person singular simple present prevues, present participle prevuing, simple past and past participle prevued)

present singular third person prevues · participle present prevuing · participle past prevued · past prevued

  1. alternativedatedrareAlternative form of preview.

    The new mechanical horse ride did capacity business, and spot's new cocktail lounge was prevued to enthusiastic reception.

    1951 May 19, Billboard, page 60
nounprevue (plural prevues)

plural prevues

  1. alternativedatedrareAlternative form of preview.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchprevue
  2. Englishprevue

Borrowed from French prevue (literally “preview”).

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Cite this entry
APA

prevue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prevue

MLA

“prevue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prevue. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prevue,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prevue.

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