Lexic.us

Definition of Dropout

1. Noun. Someone who quits school before graduation.

2. Noun. Someone who withdraws from a social group or environment.

Definition of Dropout

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

2. Noun. (cycling) The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dropout

1. one who quits school prematurely [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dropout

dropkicks dropless droplet droplet infection droplet nuclei droplets droplight droplights droplike dropline

droplist droplists dropmeal dropoff dropoffs dropout (current term) dropout factories dropout factory dropouts droppable

dropped dropped beat dropped ceiling dropped egg dropped eggs dropped in dropped off dropped out dropper dropperful

Literary usage of Dropout

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Drug Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities edited by Andrea Kopstein (1998)
"In the 1980s the dropout issue became particularly important because of increasing ... Several distinct methods aid researchers in computing dropout rates. ..."

2. Analysis of Longitudinal and Cluster-Correlated Data by Nan M. Laird (2004)
"With the mixture model, we need to specify a model for how the outcomes (Yi) depend upon treatment group, and time of dropout, and another model for time of ..."

3. End The Biggest Educational And Intellectual Blunder In History: A $100,000 by Norman W. Edmund (2005)
"The statistics on the dropout rate vary a little, but in general they indicate that the rate is from 25 to 32 percent. ..."

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