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dropout

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drop·out  (drpout)
n.
1.
a. One who quits school.
b. One who has withdrawn from a given social group or environment.
2. Computer Science
a. A segment of magnetic tape on which expected information is absent.
b. The failure to read a bit of stored information.

dropout
Noun
1. a person who rejects conventional society
2. a student who does not complete a course of study
Verb
drop out
to abandon or withdraw (from an institution or group)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dropout - someone who quits school before graduation
quitter - a person who gives up too easily
2.dropout - someone who withdraws from a social group or environment
individualist - a person who pursues independent thought or action
Translations
dropout [ˈdrɔpaut] n (from society) → marginado/a;
(from university) → estudiante m/f que ha abandonado los estudios
dropout [ˈdrɔpaut] n (from society) → marginal(e);
(from university) → drop-out m/f, dropé(e)
dropout [ˈdrɔpaut] drop nAussteiger(in) m(f);
(Scol) → Studienabbrecher(in) m(f)
dropout [ˈdrɔpaut] n (from society/university) → chi ha abbandonato (la società/gli studi)


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Under fire for poor dropout rates, LAUSD quietly consolidated its adult- and secondary-instruction programs, which instructors say will artificially inflate graduation figures and jeopardize courses for career-oriented students.
Over the past two years, Houston Independent School District volunteers and school officials have brought back to school roughly 800 dropouts out of 250,000 students.
Projected over a lifetime, from ages 18 to 64, the "social costs" for each dropout is more than $533,000, according to Sum.
 
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