Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preprepare

/ˌpɹipɹɪˈpɛɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-pre-pare
IPA: /ˌpɹipɹɪˈpɛɹ/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To prepare in advance.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"In the UK, too, consumers happily tuck in to 400,000 tons of preprepared meals a year."
"Operators should try to avoid the temptation of prepreparing the snapper and then storing the portions in a freezer."
"It sounds like it'd take forever to make one of these delicacies, but by using slack times to preprepare the chocolate parts and the birds, the actual construction of the tortes didn't really take that much time at all."
"Frequently, clients not only preplan but also preprepare snacks in specified amounts to decrease the probability of eating more than was planned."

Etymology

From pre- + prepare.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌpɹipɹɪˈpɛɹ/
British English: /ˌpɹiːpɹɪˈpɛə/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

preprepares (present, singular) prepreparing (participle, present) preprepared (participle, past) preprepared (past) pre-prepare (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce preprepare?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɹipɹɪˈpɛɹ/.
What does preprepare mean?: To prepare in advance.
Where does preprepare come from?: From pre- + prepare.

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