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- [drop-out]
- /ˈdrɒpˌaʊt/
- /ˈdrɒp.aʊt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [drop-out]
- /ˈdrɒpˌaʊt/
Definitions of dropout word
- noun dropout an act or instance of dropping out. 1
- noun dropout a student who withdraws before completing a course of instruction. 1
- noun dropout a student who withdraws from high school after having reached the legal age to do so. 1
- noun dropout a person who withdraws from established society, especially to pursue an alternate lifestyle. 1
- noun dropout a person who withdraws from a competition, job, task, etc.: the first dropout from the presidential race. 1
- noun dropout Rugby. a drop kick made by a defending team from within its own 25-yard (23-meter) line as a result of a touchdown or of the ball's having touched or gone outside of a touch-in-goal line or the dead-ball line. 1
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Origin of dropout
First appearance:
before 1925 One of the 11% newest English words
1925-30, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase drop out
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Parts of speech for Dropout
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dropout popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dropout usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dropout
noun dropout
- quitter — a person who quits or gives up easily, especially in the face of some difficulty, danger, etc.
- truant — a student who stays away from school without permission.
- hippie — a person, especially of the late 1960s, who rejected established institutions and values and sought spontaneity, direct personal relations expressing love, and expanded consciousness, often expressed externally in the wearing of casual, folksy clothing and of beads, headbands, used garments, etc.
- nonconformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
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