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(prep)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense preps, present participle prepping, past tense, past participle prepped
1. verb
If you prep something, you prepare it.
[mainly US, informal]
After prepping the boat, they sailed it down to Carloforte. [VERB noun]
2. verb
If a doctor or nurse preps a patient, they get them ready for surgery or another procedure.
[mainly US, informal]
I was already prepped for surgery so I went straight into theatre. [be VERB-ed]
[Also VERB noun]
3. uncountable noun
In some British private schools, prep is the name given to school work that children do in the evening after school has finished.
[British]
Anne struggled to help Peter and Zara with their prep.

prep in British English

(prɛp) informal
noun
1.  short for preparation (sense 5)
2. mainly US short for preparatory school
verbWord forms: preps, prepping or prepped
3. (transitive)
to prepare (a patient) for a medical operation or procedure
4. (intransitive; often foll by for)
to make preparations (for)

prep. in British English

abbreviation for
1. 
preparation
2. 
preparatory
3. 
preposition

prep in American English 1

(prɛp)
adjective
1.  US
preparatory
a prep school
verb intransitiveWord forms: prepped or ˈprepping US, Informal
2. 
to attend a preparatory school
3. 
to prepare oneself by study, training, etc.
verb transitive US
4. 
to prepare (a person or thing) for something; specif., to prepare (a patient) forsurgery, childbirth, etc.

prep in American English 2

1. 
preparation
2. 
preparatory
3. 
preposition

Examples of 'prep' in a sentence
prep

One mother at a London prep school did her son's homework herself.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
To squeeze all these layers in, and keep them happy and healthy, a little autumn prep work is required.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Prep time : 10 mins.
The Sun (2017)
This meeting brings him alive and he won his prep run nicely.
The Sun (2013)
All it takes to avoid this scenario is a little prep work.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He comes here without a prep race.
The Sun (2012)
He was a little bit more forward than we thought for his prep run.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Both are set to miss important prep races pencilled in for tomorrow.
The Sun (2006)
But he missed his prep run and stamina to prove.
The Sun (2007)
At the time nobody knew that was how she liked to be prepared without a prep run.
The Sun (2014)
He won't have a prep race out there.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But this is his Cheltenham prep race and he is short enough.
The Sun (2012)
If you approach your health as if you were writing a business plan, you do prep work and have a plan in place.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
That they are enrolled at an elite North London prep school might satisfy lesser parents.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Get into a situation where you can show these skills, whether it is sorting mail or working in the prep section of a restaurant chain.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Yet what if from the age of 16 customised prep work was part of a footballer's routine?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

Chinese translation of 'prep'

prep

(prɛp)

vt

(esp US)
  1. (= prepare) 预(預)备(備) (yùbèi)
  2. (Med) [patient] 为(為) ... 作术(術)前准(準)备(備) (wèi ... zuò shù qián zhǔnbèi)

n (u)

  1. (Brit, = homework) 课(課)外作业(業) (kèwài zuòyè)
    to do one's prep 做课(課)外作业(業) (zuò kèwài zuòyè)

Nearby words of
prep

  • premium
  • premonition
  • preoccupied
  • prep
  • prep school
  • prepaid
  • preparation

Related terms of
prep

  • prep school
  • to do one's prep
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