noun
2.
a preliminary or warm-up activity or event; trial run: The race is a good prep for the Kentucky Derby.
3.
preparation: dealer prep on the car included.
4.
the act of preparing a patient for a medical or surgical procedure.
adjective
5.
preparatory: a prep school.
6.
involving or used for preparation: the mortuary's prep room.
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verb (used with object)
7.
to prepare (a person) for a test, debate, etc.
8.
to prepare (a patient) for a medical or surgical procedure, as by shaving and washing the skin with an antibacterial soap.
9.
to prepare (a vehicle or craft) for sale, use, a test drive, or a race.
verb (used without object)
10.
to prepare; get ready: to prep for the game.
11.
to attend a preparatory school.
Origin:
1860–65; by shortening
1860–65; by shortening
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| —n | |
| 1. | informal preparation short for preparatory school |
| —vb , preps, prepping, prepped | |
| 2. | (tr) to prepare (a patient) for a medical operation or procedure |
| prep. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| 1. | preparation |
| 2. | preparatory |
| 3. | preposition |
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Word Origin & History
prep
1862, short for preparation (q.v.). Prep school attested from 1895, short for preparatory school. First record of prep in the sense "student or graduate of a preparatory school" is from 1899. Variant form preppy is first attested 1962.
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Medical Dictionary
prep (prěp)
v. prepped, prep·ping, preps
To prepare for a medical examination or surgical procedure.
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Computing Dictionary
PREP definition
1. (PReP) PowerPC Reference Platform.
2. (PREP) PRogrammed Electronics Patterns. Language for designing integrated circuits. ["Computer Assisted Mask Production", R.L. Rosenfeld, Proc IEEE 57(9) Sep 1969].
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| prep preparatory |
| PREP Pediatrics Review and Education Program |
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Example sentences
But when they land their subjects, they anesthetize and prep them for surgery.
They want an automated system that can prep dogs and rodents to spot bombs.
As with all aspects of this process, it is important to prep for the interviews.
Duke, the object of many a prep school student's swoon, has thirty-five.
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