1. to taste beforehand; to have a foretaste of something
Usage: literary or formal

1. a taste or experience of something before the full or actual occurrence
Usage: literary or formal

Examples

• The appetizer allowed guests to pretaste the chef's innovative cuisine.
• She pretasted the wine before the formal dinner began.
• The preview gave us a pretaste of the film's dramatic themes.
• His early success was a pretaste of the achievements to come.
• The sample provided a pretaste of the new product line.