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prep
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun prep has 1 sense
- prep(n = noun.act) homework, preparation - preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home); Array is a kind of school assignment, schoolwork
is a part of didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching
OXFORD DICTIONARY
prep, n. colloq.
1 Brit. a the preparation of school work by a pupil. b the period when this is done.
2 US a student in a preparatory school.
1 Brit. a the preparation of school work by a pupil. b the period when this is done.
2 US a student in a preparatory school.
Etymology
abbr. of PREPARATION
THESAURUS
prep
arrange, arrangement, basic training, briefing, clear for action, clear the decks, clearing the decks, cure, deploy, dress, equipment, familiarization, fix, fix up, fixing, foundation, get ready, groundwork, make arrangements, make preparations, make ready, makeready, making ready, manufacture, marshal, mobilization, mobilize, plan, planning, prearrange, prearrangement, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, preparation, preparatory study, prepare, preparing, prepping, prerequisite, pretreat, pretreatment, process, processing, propaedeutic, provide, provision, put in shape, ready, ready up, readying, settle preliminaries, spadework, tan, training, treat, treatment, trial, trim, try out, tryout, warm-up
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