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How to spell preview

Preview is spelled P-R-E-V-I-E-W.

What it means: To look at or inspect something beforehand.

In a sentence: Let's preview the story before we read it. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for the order of ie.

Same family: previewed, previewing, review, overview, view. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Preview comes from the Latin prefix "pre-" meaning "before" and the root "view" from Latin "videre," meaning "to see." It literally means "to see before," which fits its use for short movie ads you watch before the full film.

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