prep

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See also: prep. and PrEP

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: prĕp, IPA(key): /pɹɛp/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

prep (countable and uncountable, plural preps)

  1. (countable) Preparation.
  2. Abbreviation of preposition.
  4. (informal, countable) A prep school.
  5. (informal, countable) A student or graduate of a prep school, a preppy.
  6. (British, uncountable) Homework, work set to do outside class time, used widely in public schools and preparatory schools but not state schools.
  7. (Australia) Nursery school; preschool.
  8. (Philippines) Preparatory level; the last two levels or the fourth and fifth years of preschool; the two levels before first grade.
  9. Alternative form of PrEP

Derived terms

Translations

preparation — see preparation
preparatory school — see prep school
student or graduate of a prep school — see preppy
homework — see homework
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Verb

prep (third-person singular simple present preps, present participle prepping, simple past and past participle prepped)

  2. (informal) To prepare.
    Synonym: prep up
    prep someone for something

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Middle Irish

Noun

prep f

  1. a start, bounce

Descendants

  • Irish: preab
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