dropout B2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈdrɑːˌpaʊt/ See IPA manual Freq #25079 Meanings 1 noun A person who leaves school or college before finishing their course. He was a high school dropout who later became a successful businessman. 2 noun A person who chooses to leave normal society or a group. In the 1960s, many young people became dropouts and lived in communes. 3 noun A brief loss of a signal, sound, or data on a recording or connection. There were several dropouts during the video call. Thesaurus Word family Forms dropouts Derived forms maxoutnondropoutstopout Etymology AI details Deverbal from drop out. Topics People & Society Education & Learning External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dropout **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdrɑːˌpaʊt/ **Frequency rank:** 25079 ## Meanings 1. A person who leaves school or college before finishing their course. 2. A person who chooses to leave normal society or a group. 3. A brief loss of a signal, sound, or data on a recording or connection. ## Examples - He was a high school dropout who later became a successful businessman. - In the 1960s, many young people became dropouts and lived in communes. - There were several dropouts during the video call. ## Derived Forms - maxout - nondropout - stopout ## Etymology Deverbal from drop out. ## AI Etymology Dropout is deverbal from drop out. In current use, the main senses are “A person who leaves school or college before finishing their course” and “A person who chooses to leave normal society or a group”. ## Topics - People & Society - Education & Learning markdown