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Definition of "dropout" []

  • One who quits school. (noun)
  • One who has withdrawn from a given social group or environment. (noun)
  • Computer Science A segment of magnetic tape on which expected information is absent. (noun)
  • Computer Science The failure to read a bit of stored information. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dropout" in a sentence
  • "Duncan himself is one of the greatest perpetrators -- although in fairness, he does often substitute the term "dropout factories.""
  • "But it could be argued that the dropout is a victim of the up-tight situation and that he drops out in order to regain "touch"."
  • "Pastorek and others spoke to a statewide summit entitled "Louisiana's Promise," which was designed to find new ways to stem what they called a dropout crisis."