prep

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prep1

▶noun informal

• 1 Brit. (especially in a private school) school work done outside lessons.

  ■ a period set aside for this.

• 2 N. Amer. a student in a preparatory school.

• 3 [as modifier] relating to preparatory education.

– origin C19: abbrev. of preparation or preparatory.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prep2 N. Amer. informal

▶verb (preps, prepping, prepped) prepare; make ready. ▶noun preparation.

– origin 1920s: abbrev.

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prep.

▶abbreviation preposition.