prep
- noun
- /prɛp/
- UK
- He's gonna help me with my SAT prep.
- prep time
- test prep
- prep classes
After weeks and months of prep, it was time to start shooting.
- After weeks and months of prep, it was time to start shooting.
- I think that's all the prep I have for this.
- Like one, it's going to make your tax prep way less.
- We're doing some skin prep because Patricia likes glow.
- We will start dinner cooking the prep, so I get into it.
- It it moves up the the prep, the writing, if you will.
- So she's like the perfect person for prep for cooking dinner.
- She does meal preps so I'll go link her Instagram right here.
- And then I also have the prep and perfect glow setting mist.
Examples
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So isn't it better that we used simple test prep now rather than doing nothing?
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Um, I did the prep questions for this lab last night, so you can just copy my answers if you want.
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After weeks and months of prep, it was time to start shooting.
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So what we learned was our students were doing the prep and it was way too much.
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The prep club worked hard on those.
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Instead, he was sent to a prep school in New Jersey.
Fiction book (1993) -
Paulie did the prep work.
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The increase in teacher prep time and the question of how to assess students were the biggest obstacles to overcome.
Academic text (2015) -
I've been trying to get my Tuesday meal prep down, and I think I'm almost there.
Blog text (8) -
She invested a lot of time in prep for her final exams, completing all the assigned homework.
Synonyms
Schoolwork students must do at home before class
Texts given to read before a class or meeting to prepare
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word prep here is a short form of preparation and prepare, which mean 'make ready'. Teachers use 'prep' for the tasks you do before class, so it means the work you do to get ready for a lesson.