different between preparation vs prep

English

Alternative forms

• præparation (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préparation, from Latin praeparatio, praeparationem.Morphologically prepare +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??p???e???n/
• Hyphenation: prep?a?ra?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

preparation (countable and uncountable, plural preparations)

1. (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
2. (uncountable) The state of being prepared; readiness.
3. (countable) That which is prepared.
   1. A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.

      The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.

   2. (anatomy) A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
   3. (music) Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
4. (Judaism) The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
5. Devotional exercises introducing an office.
6. (music) The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.

Related terms

• prepare

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• paraprotein

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?e.pa.?a?tsjon/

Noun

preparation (plural preparationes)

1. preparation

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: pr?p, IPA^(key): /p??p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

prep (countable and uncountable, plural preps)

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

Translations

Verb

prep (third-person singular simple present preps, present participle prepping, simple past and past participle prepped)

2. (informal) To prepare.

Translations

Anagrams

• Repp, perp, repp

Middle Irish

Noun

prep f

1. a start, bounce

Descendants

• Irish: preab