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prep school — prep schools 1) N VAR: oft prep N In Britain, a prep school is a private school where children are educated until the age of 11 or 13. 2) N VAR In the United States, a prep school is a private school for students who intend to go to college after … English dictionary
prep school — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms prep school : singular prep school plural prep schools 1) in the UK, a private school for children between the ages of 7 or 8 and 11 or 13 2) in the US, a private school for children over the age of … English dictionary
Prep — may refer to: * P rep, a statistical value of the probability of replicating an observed effect * Prep , a novel by Curtis Sittenfeld * Prep, short form for a plasmid preparation (including minipreps and bulk preps) or the DNA prepared by such a… … Wikipedia
Schools of Kansas City — This is a list of Kansas City (Missouri and Kansas) area universities, colleges, seminaries, and schools (and their school districts). School districts included: Independence, North Kansas City, Park Hill, Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas City,… … Wikipedia
prep — I UK [prep] / US noun [uncountable] British school work that students do to prepare for classes the next day. The word is used in some private schools. II UK [prep] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms prep : present tense I/you/we/they … English dictionary
prep — prep1 [prep] n [U] BrE informal work that is done by students on their own, after classes have finished used in private schools = ↑homework prep 2 prep2 v past participle prepped present participle prepping AmE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin:… … Dictionary of contemporary English
prep — prep1 [prep] n [U] BrE informal work that is done by students on their own, after classes have finished used in private schools = ↑homework prep 2 prep2 v past participle prepped present participle prepping AmE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin:… … Dictionary of contemporary English
prep — [[t]pre̱p[/t]] preps, prepping, prepped 1) VERB If you prep something, you prepare it. [mainly AM, INFORMAL] [V n] After prepping the boat, they sailed it down to Carloforte. 2) VERB If a doctor or nurse preps a patient, they get them ready for… … English dictionary
prep school — n. = PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Etymology: abbr. of PREPARATORY * * * prep school, Informal. a preparatory school. * * * n. another term for preparatory school * * * noun, pl ⋯ schools [count] 1 US : a private school that prepares students for college 2 … Useful english dictionary
Public Prep — charter schools, run by the Public Prep Network, are open to girls in New York, N.Y., in the Lower East Side of Manhattan and in the South Bronx. Expansion to other urban areas and to educate boys is being planned. Girls Prep schools are already… … Wikipedia
