prep

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  1. adjective Informal Preparatory: a college prep course; did extensive prep work for the interview.
  2. noun Informal A preparatory school.
  3. noun Informal Preparation: Daily practices are the best prep for the upcoming track meet.

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  • With TaxCut Basic Federal + E-file, tax prep is a snap. —  SofoTex - latest software downloads
  • In the New York Times: Crock pots have always been thought of as the prep-it-then-fuggatabout-it cooking tool, Julia Moleskin takes a look at the —  mary eats
  • In 1991, when Hoffman was 24, he auditioned five times and was cast in the Al Pacino film Scent of a Woman as the prep-school student who betrays his classmate, the lead character. —  The Guardian World News
  • The chefs have a couple hours to prep, and all are feeling the pressure. —  BuddyTV
  • Even as both candidates spent most of this week in debate prep, they engaged in the ritual of setting expectations: high for their opponent, low for themselves.
 

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