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Definition of prep noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

prep

noun

/prep/

/prep/

[uncountable] (British English)

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(in some private schools) school work that is done at the end of the day after lessons
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Word Originnoun mid 19th cent.: abbreviation of preparation.

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