as in to prepare
to make ready in advance
the cooking time is considerably shortened if you've prepped the chicken the night before
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Recent Examples of prep
Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
Petco preps The John Baumgarten High School Baseball Games at Petco Park, sponsored by the CIF San Diego Section with cooperation of the Padres, are set for April 17 and 19, with three games both days.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Jessica Wang, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Keep leftovers and meal prep fresh with this set of five Rubbermaid food storage containers.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Azmi has been acting professionally for 50 years and likes to ask questions and do rehearsals; others preferred to prep on their own time or get direct notes from Bhatia on set.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
Petco preps The John Baumgarten High School Baseball Games at Petco Park, sponsored by the CIF San Diego Section with cooperation of the Padres, are set for April 17 and 19, with three games both days.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
Davies even toured the White House a few times as part of that prep.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Keep leftovers and meal prep fresh with this set of five Rubbermaid food storage containers.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep
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On the other hand, having two more days to prepare might provide more time to rest and focus on the season’s first major.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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The move comes just as the U.S. prepares to deploy the USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship, to the region in a show of presence and partnership.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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In the months since, the settlement has faced a wave of objections from athletes, schools and other stakeholders.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Both her children are in public school, one in middle school and the other in high school.—
Jesse Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Mauldin allegedly committed these offenses while a teacher at Nathaniel Greene Academy, a Christian, K-12 college preparatory school in Siloam, approximately 80 miles east of Atlanta.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The Catholic college preparatory school is hoping the addition of new national corporate partners and an enhanced game day experience at Santa Ana Stadium will ease pressure in its ongoing fundraising efforts.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Starting with 1998’s Rushmore, his sophomore effort, set at a prep school, Anderson began keeping track of his own props, costumes and other crucial objects.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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The future king is currently studying at co-educational prep school Lambrook in the Berkshire countryside.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
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Vagabond will begin with Curry's military-brat childhood and boarding school years, then continue into his young adulthood at university and his first on-stage gig.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The dude is not French; the NYC resident was reportedly born in Greece, attending boarding school in Belgium and Northeastern University in Boston.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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To many Trumpists, though, the diversity and the authority of the academy stands as a threat.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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One academy graduate, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, was even revealed to have started learning Spanish purely so as to be able to understand what his team-mates were talking about.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Prep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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