prep

prep
prep 1862, short for PREPARATION (Cf. preparation). Prep school attested from 1895, short for PREPARATORY (Cf. 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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  • prep — /prep/, n., adj., v., prepped, prepping. n. 1. See preparatory school. 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… …   Universalium

  • Prep — may refer to: * P rep, a statistical value of the probability of replicating an observed effect * Prep , a novel by Curtis Sittenfeld * Prep, short form for a plasmid preparation (including minipreps and bulk preps) or the DNA prepared by such a… …   Wikipedia

  • prep — [ prep ] verb intransitive or transitive AMERICAN SPOKEN to prepare for something, or prepare someone for something: prep for: She s prepping for her exams. prep someone/something for something: They re prepping the patient for surgery now …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • prep — prep1 [prep] adj. ☆ short for PREPARATORY [a prep school] vi. prepped, prepping ☆ 1. Informal to attend a preparatory school 2. to prepare oneself by study, training, etc. vt. ☆ to prepare (a person or thing) for something; specif., to prepare (a …   English World dictionary

  • prep|py — prep|pie or prep|py «PREHP ee», noun, plural pies. U.S. Slang. a student or graduate of a preparatory school: »No longer believe that Harvard students are all rich preppies tracing their Harvard histories back almost as far as the Saltonstalls …   Useful english dictionary

  • PReP — steht für PowerPC Reference Platform, siehe PowerPC Presequence Protease PreP ist ein mitochondriales und chloroplastisches Protein …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Prep — steht für PowerPC Reference Platform, siehe PowerPC Presequence Protease PreP ist ein mitochondriales und chloroplastisches Protein Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort be …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • prep. — prep. also prep BrE the written abbreviation of preposition …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • prep. — prep. also prep BrE the written abbreviation of preposition …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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