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dropout

UK
/ˈdrɒpaʊt/
US
/ˈdrɑːpaʊt/

Translations

dropoutnoun
dropouts
pl
UK
/ˈdrɒpaʊt/
US
/ˈdrɑːpaʊt/
The dropout struggled to find a job after leaving school.
Отчисленный испытывал трудности с поиском работы после ухода из школы.
The dropout decided to pursue a career in music.
Бросивший решил заняться карьерой в музыке.
Additional translations
выбывший
исключённый
Synonyms
failure
quit
leaver
abandoner
deserter
dropoutadjective
UK
/ˈdrɒp.aʊt/
US
/ˈdrɑːp.aʊt/
Used attributively in compounds such as "dropout rate" or "dropout voltage".
Synonyms
withdrawn
absent
truant
quit
deserted
left

Definitions

dropoutnoun
A person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle.
After struggling with the curriculum, he became a college dropout.
A person who withdraws from a social group or environment.
She became a dropout from the corporate world to start her own business.
A momentary loss of signal in an audio or video recording.
The recording had several dropouts, making it difficult to understand the dialogue.
In electronics, a reduction or loss in voltage or signal level below which a device ceases to operate correctly.
The regulator’s dropout is specified at 1.2 V.
Either of the slotted ends of a bicycle frame or fork that hold the wheel's axle.
He swapped the cracked dropout for a stronger model before the race.
dropoutadjective
Relating to people who leave school, college, or another organized activity before it is finished, or to the act of leaving.
The district introduced new dropout prevention programs.
Relating to, caused by, or characterised by a brief loss of signal in audio, video, or data transmission.
Dropout distortion was audible throughout the old tape.
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