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prep

noun [U] (SCHOOL WORK)
 
 
/prep/ UK

Definition

school work that students, especially students at private school and public school, do at home or not during school time: Have you got much prep tonight?Classes, courses and coursework
(Definition of prep noun (SCHOOL WORK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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