dropout Definition
☆ drop·out (dräp′o̵ut′)
noun
one who drops out; specif., a person who withdraws from school, esp. high school, before graduating
dropout Synonyms
dropout
n.
dropout Usage Examples
Preposition: among
student: Ralph McNeal has studied the role school plays in creating dropouts among students.
Converse of object
- reduce: By increasing coaching standards increase participation and reduce dropout of young players.
- have: This means that if the tape has a dropout as much as a second of footage can be lost forever.
- eliminate: The CCTV Professional tape works in any VHS recorder, delivering crisp definition and almost eliminating dropouts.
- forge: There is now new cold forged dropouts that are stiffer and lighter that rear axle we previously spoke about.
- show: The red line is useful to show slice dropout.
- do: Reports 6 Workload: conceptualisation, empirical investigation, obscurity and action 11 Does excessive workload cause dropout?
Adjective modifier
- replaceable: Due note to the replaceable dropout which is a must, why doesn't every manufacturer supply these?
- rear: Now, machine a bottle opener into one of the beefy rear dropouts, and you're looking at a rear winner, baby!
- high: Only a high school dropout would assume these details to be an error on Tea's part.
- horizontal: And one with my friends 1992 Kona which has been given horizontal dropouts.
- few: People seem to commit to a phone call and so few dropout once calls have been arranged.
- new: Tune in and be turned on by the new one-piece dropout.
Modifies a noun
rate: In the first quartile - students with minor problems - the dropout rate is highest among students in special classes.
Noun used with modifier
- college: Napster was created by Shawn Fanning, a 19 year old college dropout with no formal computer training.
- school: Only a high school dropout would assume these details to be an error on Tea's part.
- student: Leaving Early: a response to working-class student dropout from university.
- %: Assuming 15 % dropout, we planned to recruit 64 subjects to each group.
- signal: Everyone will enjoy consistently high-speed connections, everywhere in your house - no signal dropouts or wireless dead spots.
- staff: The staff dropout rate is minimal at about 2 % .

