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
Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Thanks to his latest outfit, Harry Styles can now count himself in sartorial community with East Coast preps, Southern fraternity boys, and Oxford university rowing elites alike.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 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
By 2022, the total program had cost nearly $50 billion and continues to grow with prep toward next year’s crewed Artemis II mission to fly around the moon.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Thanks to his latest outfit, Harry Styles can now count himself in sartorial community with East Coast preps, Southern fraternity boys, and Oxford university rowing elites alike.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep
Verb
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Unexpected flavors swirl together, from whiskey naan; samosa with jackfruit; baked lamb nachos; cheese and prune kofta; and Queens Duck, a whole roast duck that takes 45 minutes to prepare, and is carved tableside and served with a rumani pancake and tamarind hoisin.—
Cynthia J Drake,
Southern Living,
30 Mar. 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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Grammarly, for example, was widely recommended as a writing aid, and many schools encouraged its use.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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Half of the senior class of Hackley School, a college prep school in Tarrytown, N.Y., in Westchester County, was there.—
Dionne Searcey,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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Known more as a producer of top-end future-NBA talent like Ben Simmons, Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett and current Duke phenom Cooper Flagg, you’d be forgiven for thinking the prep school even cared about track and field.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Japanese-language drama, currently seeking additional funding and festival screenings, explores the aftermath of a suicide at a Christian girls’ boarding school.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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The 12-acre site sits in present-day Fairway — formerly 2,000 acres near Turner — and served as a boarding school that housed students from 22 tribes, including the Shawnee Tribe, which required them to perform manual labor and assimilate into white Christian Culture.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
19 Mar. 2025
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His brother, Thomas, was a star football player at Venice, went to the Air Force Academy, gave up the sport, became a boxer and recently won the academy’s heavyweight title.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Robinson’s overlap was not found, but the run disrupted Newcastle’s defensive line and helped create the space for the Arsenal academy graduates to combine.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Prep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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