prepped; prepping
pre-exposure prophylaxis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that PrEP, when used consistently, can reduce the risk of H.I.V. infection by up to 92 percent.—
Ginia Bellafante
Ginia Bellafante
Examples of prep in a Sentence
Noun
Painting a room involves a lot of prep.
Verb
She spent all night prepping for the test.
The runners are prepping themselves for the race.
It took me about 20 minutes to prep the vegetables.
Recent Examples on the WebJeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
Three were behind a flip top cooler and two were between a flip top cooler and a prep table.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
The first step was to prep the carrot tops, washing them thoroughly to remove any soil, then cutting off the thick stems and roughly chopping the thin stems and leaves.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2024
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Noun
Learn about natural dying, fabric prep and mordants (the chemicals that help dyes adhere to fabrics), and dye a Habotai silk scarf or mulberry silk pillowcase with all natural dye materials.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
Three were behind a flip top cooler and two were between a flip top cooler and a prep table.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Verb
How did that prep you for doing work in front of a blue screen?
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
The first step was to prep the carrot tops, washing them thoroughly to remove any soil, then cutting off the thick stems and roughly chopping the thin stems and leaves.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2024
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“Prep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prep. Accessed 20 Jun. 2024.
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prep
2 of 3 transitive verb
prepped; prepping
: to prepare for a surgical operation or examination
prep the patient for an appendectomy
PrEP
3 of 3 abbreviation
pre-exposure prophylaxis
The introduction of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has shown significant promise in reducing the rate of HIV incidence. … Although nearly 1.2 million people could benefit from PrEP, AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) estimates that ~130,000–135,000 individuals were actively on PrEP in late 2019—meaning <15% of individuals in need of PrEP had a current prescription.—Benedikt Pleuhs et al., AIDS Patient Care and STDs
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