prepped; prepping
: prepare
especially
: to prepare for an operation or examination
nurses prepped the patient
pre-exposure prophylaxis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that PrEP, when used consistently, can reduce the risk of H.I.V. infection by up to 92 percent.—
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Examples of prep in a Sentence
Noun
Painting a room involves a lot of prep.
Verb
She spent all night prepping for the test.
The runners are prepping themselves for the race.
It took me about 20 minutes to prep the vegetables.
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Step 7: Don’t forget to organize your fridge Master meal prep
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Bill Chappell, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025
The inside of the home was used to prep, while interior scenes were shot in a studio.
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Noun
Stock your kitchen: To make meal prep easier, keep low-carb staples like eggs, avocados, olive oil, non-starchy vegetables, nuts, and seeds on hand.
—Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2025
Step 7: Don’t forget to organize your fridge Master meal prep
Instead of playing Tetris with all the food storage containers in your fridge and freezer, invest in a set that stacks nicely.
—Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
Here's how to prep The California Newsroom is following the extreme weather from across the region.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025
The inside of the home was used to prep, while interior scenes were shot in a studio.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Prep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prep. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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prep
1 of 3 noun
: the act or an instance of preparing a patient for a surgical operation
the nurse had three preps to do
prep
2 of 3 transitive verb
prepped; prepping
: to prepare for a surgical operation or examination
prep the patient for an appendectomy
PrEP
3 of 3 abbreviation
pre-exposure prophylaxis
The introduction of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has shown significant promise in reducing the rate of HIV incidence. … Although nearly 1.2 million people could benefit from PrEP, AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) estimates that ~130,000–135,000 individuals were actively on PrEP in late 2019—meaning <15% of individuals in need of PrEP had a current prescription.—Benedikt Pleuhs et al., AIDS Patient Care and STDs
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