pre-prepare

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

1. Alternative form of preprepare
   • 1850, Millard Fillmore, Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress:

     some stone[s] were pre-prepared, and also the wood-work of a coffer dam, but, as before stated, work on the shoal was not commenced.

   • 1961, Nancy Ellen Correll, A Status Survey of the Use of Pre-prepared Foods and a Study of the Effect of the Use of Various Proportions of These Foods on Food and Labor Costs:

     For example, when a few frozen vegetables are used in a food service department, a worker might still be needed to pre-prepare the remainder of the vegetables and by working at a slightly slower preparation speed it might take this worker the same length of time to pre-prepare the vegetables.

   • 2004, Kate Exley, Reg Dennick, Small Group Teaching: Tutorials, Seminars and Beyond, page 72:

     I ask all the students to pre-prepare four or five points that will illustrate their argument individually.