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  • adjective Prior to starting work.
  • noun Work done in preparation.

Etymologies

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pre- +‎ work

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Examples

  • During this prework week, devote some time to working out hard before the daily grind begins.

    The Mommy Diet Alison J. Sweeney 2011

  • During this prework week, devote some time to working out hard before the daily grind begins.

    The Mommy Diet Alison J. Sweeney 2011

  • I specifically am talking about the 18 months after A Storm of Swords where he destroyed that material and the prework on a Dance With Dragons that he destroyed shortly after the publishing of a Feast for Crows?

    In Defense of George R. R. Martin - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games 2009

  • Ok, read a little more of the grant that is prework not work and answered an email or two

    Day Off Brigindo 2008

  • Drank coffee in bed while reading blogs ok and a grant that someone sent me but technically that's prework--not work

    Day Off Brigindo 2008

  • Ok, read a little more of the grant that is prework not work and answered an email or two

    Archive 2008-10-01 Brigindo 2008

  • Drank coffee in bed while reading blogs ok and a grant that someone sent me but technically that's prework--not work

    Archive 2008-10-01 Brigindo 2008

  • She does fifteen or so segments a year for GMA as the shows trend correspondent, and even though these segments are unpaid, inconveniently located in New York we live in Los Angeles, and always involve significant prework, she would happily do fifteen more.

    Go Put Your Strengths to Work Marcus Buckingham 2007

  • "You'd have to do a little prework if you wanted to start working Kemmler-level necromancy, even on Halloween."

    Dead Beat Butcher, Jim 2005

  • "You'd have to do a little prework if you wanted to start working Kemmler-level necromancy, even on Halloween."

    Dead Beat Butcher, Jim 2005

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