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.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person prepares ahead · participle present preparing ahead · participle past prepared ahead · past prepared ahead

  1. intransitiveTo make food before a meal; to prep meal ingredients so as to make it easy to cook a meal at the correct time.
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APA

prepare ahead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepare%20ahead

MLA

“prepare ahead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepare%20ahead. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prepare ahead,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepare%20ahead.

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