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verb

Definition of prepnext
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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noun

as in school

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Recent Examples of prep
Verb
Hannah Waddingham’s makeup artist, Gita Bass, used the Solawave Radiant Renewal Skincare Wand to prep the actress’ skin before the Ted Lasso premiere. — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026 And my producers didn’t prep me for the [House of Stassi] finale. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
Clean kitchen counters before and after meal prep, and deep clean washing machines and dishwashers every 1–2 months. — Kendall Bettle, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2026 Use clean, sharp pruners and add mulch and fertilizer in fall to prep roses for winter. — Mallory Carra, The Spruce, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prep
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep
  1. prepare
  2. school
  3. preparatory school
  4. prep school
  5. boarding school
  6. academy
Verb
  • That has historically proven more than enough to prepare this team for the regular season.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Many residents’ anger is caused by misinformation about the virus and bans on traditional burials — when families prepare the bodies and people gather for a funeral, which can lead to further infections.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of prepare
Noun
  • The shooting came less than 10 days after a high-profile incident in Thailand, where a student went on a shooting rampage at a school on the outskirts of the capital, Bangkok.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The school, which has a 100% completion rate, occupies a former French military barracks on an island with a painful past.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of school
Noun
  • This new spinoff of The Handmaid’s Tale follows Agnews (Chase Infiniti of One Battle After Another) and Daisy (Lucy Halliday), young women at Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • There is no Ardua Hall and aunt training (at least not yet), and Daisy is sent to shadow Agnes at preparatory school.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Definition of preparatory school
Noun
  • The streamer released a trailer for Crew Girl on Wednesday, giving audiences a look at the coming-of-age story about an elite East Coast prep school’s teenage rowing team.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
  • True to form, the story is narrated by an unscrupulous wanna-be novelist named Bret Easton Ellis (Igby Rigney), a closet case lusting away for the new hunk at his cruel prep school.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of prep school
Noun
  • Senegal's founding president, Leopold Sedar Senghor, named the boarding school on Goree Island in 1985 after Mariama Ba, the country’s most famous female author.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • For generations, children have had to literally climb a mountain roughly every 10 days – for three hours – to get to and from boarding school.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of boarding school
Noun
  • Our thoughts are with Carlos's family and loved ones, his fiancée, and his classmates, instructors, and academy staff during this difficult time.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Filmmakers can’t submit to the Emmys if they’ve already been nominated for an Oscar, but the motion picture academy doesn’t have that same rule — and sometimes double dipping can still occur.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of academy

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“Prep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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