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    [ˈdräpˌout]
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    dropout (noun) · dropouts (plural noun) · drop-out (noun) · drop-outs (plural noun)
    1. a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle:
      "a college dropout"
    2. a momentary loss of recorded audio signal or an error in reading data on a magnetic tape or disk, usually due to a flaw in the coating.
    3. (dropouts)
      a U-shaped slot at the end of a fork on a bicycle, made to receive the axle and enabling the wheel to be changed rapidly.
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    noun
    1. a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle:
      beatnik
      hippy
      bohemian
      nonconformist
      free spirit
      avant-gardist
      rebel
      misfit
      outsider
      loner
      eccentric
      idler
      layabout
      loafer
      lounger
      good-for-nothing
      freak
      oddball
      deadbeat
      waster
      bum
      bad boy
     
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  1. dropout noun [ C ] (also drop-out) uk / ˈdrɒp.aʊt / us / ˈdrɑːp.aʊt / dropout noun [C] (PERSON) Add to word list a person who leaves school, college, or university before completing a qualification, or a person who lives in an unusual way:

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    Definition of dropout noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary dropout noun /ˈdrɒpaʊt/ /ˈdrɑːpaʊt/ a person who leaves school or college before they have finished their studies

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    DROPOUT meaning: 1 : a person who stops going to a school, college, etc., before finishing a person who drops out of school; 2 : a person who stops being involved in society because he or she does not believe in its rules, customs, and values

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    What is a dropout person?
    a person who leaves school or college before they have finished their studies a person who rejects the ideas and ways of behaving that are accepted by the rest of society He’s a dropout who will never have a steady job. Definition of dropout noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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    What does drop out mean?
    Get a quick, free translation! DROP OUT definition: 1. to not do something that you were going to do, or to stop doing something before you have…. Learn more.

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    What is dropout noun?
    Definition of dropout noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a person who leaves school or college before they have finished their studies a person who rejects the ideas and ways of behaving that are accepted by the rest of society He’s a dropout who will never have a steady job.

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    What is a high school dropout?
    from school A dropout is someone who has left school or college before they have finished their studies. ...high-school dropouts. If you refer to the drop-out rate, you are referring to the number of people who leave a school or college early, or leave a course or other activity before they have finished it.

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    What is a drop-out rate?
    If you refer to the drop-out rate, you are referring to the number of people who leave a school or college early, or leave a course or other activity before they have finished it. The drop-out rate among students is currently one in three.

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    What does it mean if you drop out of school?
    If you drop out of school, people might call you a dropout. As a verb, drop out has been used since the 16th century to mean "withdraw," while the sense of "stop going to school before graduating" started in the early 20th century. "Drop out."

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