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dropout

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun dropout has 2 senses
  1. dropout - someone who quits school before graduation
    --1 is a kind of
    quitter
    Derived form: verb drop out2
  2. dropout - someone who withdraws from a social group or environment
    --2 is a kind of
    individualist

Definitions from the Web

Dropout

Noun

Sense: A person who leaves school or college before completing a course of study.

Example: The government is taking steps to reduce the number of high school dropouts.


Noun

Sense: An act of dropping out or leaving a course of study.

Example: Her decision to quit the medical program was a tough dropout for her parents.


Noun

Sense: The loss of power or signal in an electronic device.

Example: The dropout in the audio system interrupted the whole presentation.


Adjective

Sense: Relating to or characteristic of a dropout.

Example: The dropout students formed their own group to discuss their experiences.


Verb

Sense: To leave school or college before completing a course of study.

Example: She decided to dropout and pursue a career in music.


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