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English
Pronunciation
Noun
prep (countable and uncountable, plural preps)
- (countable) Preparation.
- Abbreviation of preposition.
- (informal, countable) A prep school.
- (informal, countable) A student or graduate of a prep school, a preppy.
- (British, uncountable) Homework, work set to do outside class time, used widely in public schools and preparatory schools but not state schools.
- (Australia) Nursery school; preschool.
- (Philippines) Preparatory level; the last two levels or the fourth and fifth years of preschool; the two levels before first grade.
- Alternative form of PrEP
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abbreviation of preposition
student or graduate of a prep school
— see preppy
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Verb
prep (third-person singular simple present preps, present participle prepping, simple past and past participle prepped)
- (informal) To prepare.
- Synonym: prep up
- prep someone for something
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Middle Irish
Noun
prep f
- a start, bounce
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