prep
see also: PrEP
Pronunciation Noun

prep

  1. (countable) Preparation.
  2. Abbreviation of preposition#English|preposition.
  3. (informal, countable) A prep school.
  4. (informal, countable) A student or graduate of a prep school, a preppy. [from late 19th c.]
  5. (British, uncountable) Homework, work set to do outside class time, used widely in public schools and preparatory schools but not state schools.
  6. (Philippines) preparatory level; the last two levels or the fourth and fifth years of preschool; the two levels before first grade.
Verb

prep (preps, present participle prepping; past and past participle prepped)

  1. (informal) To prepare.

PrEP
Noun

prep

  1. (emergency medicine) Acronym of pre-exposure prophylaxis
Related terms
  • PEP (post exposure prophylaxis)



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