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prepare ahead

prepare ahead verb: to make food before a meal; to prep meal ingredients so as to make it easy to cook a meal at the correct time.

Verb

prepare ahead (third-person singular simple present prepares ahead, present participle preparing ahead, simple past and past participle prepared ahead)

  1. (intransitive) To make food before a meal; to prep meal ingredients so as to make it easy to cook a meal at the correct time.

Forms of prepare ahead

third-person singular presentprepares ahead
present participlepreparing ahead
past participleprepared ahead
pastprepared ahead

Questions about prepare ahead

What does prepare ahead mean?
Prepare ahead means to make food before a meal; to prep meal ingredients so as to make it easy to cook a meal at the correct time.
What part of speech is prepare ahead?
Prepare ahead is a verb.
What is the past tense of prepare ahead?
The past tense of prepare ahead is prepared ahead.

Words near prepare ahead in the dictionary

  1. preparatory schools
  2. preparatory subject
  3. preparatory subjects
  4. prepardon
  5. prepare
  6. prepare ahead
  7. prepare the ground
  8. prepare the way
  9. prepare up
  10. prepared
  11. prepared ahead

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