Dropout

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course countable, uncountable

    "The politicians of the world are mere political university dropouts."

  2. 2
    someone who quits school before graduation wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone who has opted out of conventional society. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    someone who withdraws from a social group or environment wordnet
  5. 5
    One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so. countable, uncountable

    "The pastures are filled with gay political drop-outs, persons of reasonable intent who found the scene personally destructive."

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  1. 6
    The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Momentary loss of an electronic signal. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A technique for regularizing a neural network by discarding a random subset of its units. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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degree

Example

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"Even though he was a school dropout, Tom was later very successful in life."

Etymology

Deverbal from drop out.

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