PREP

  1. Initialism.  (emergency medicine) Initialism of ''pre-exposure prophylaxis''.
  2. Abbreviation.  preposition.
  3. Noun.  (countable) Preparation.
  4. Noun.  (informal, countable) A student or graduate of a prep school, a preppy. (defdate, from late 19th c.) .
  5. Noun.  (British, uncountable) Homework, work set to do outside class time, used widely in public schools and preparatory schools but not state schools.
  6. Verb.  (informal) To prepare.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.