Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dropout

/dɹˈɑpˌaʊt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
drop-out
IPA
/dɹˈɑpˌaʊt/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Someone who has opted out of conventional society.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Momentary loss of an electronic signal.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A technique for regularizing a neural network by discarding a random subset of its units.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Deverbal from drop out.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dropouts (plural) drop-out (alternative)

Derived Forms

maxout nondropout stopout

Phrases

dropout factory

Questions

How do you pronounce dropout?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɹˈɑpˌaʊt/.
What does dropout mean?
Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
Where does dropout come from?
Deverbal from drop out.

How to pronounce dropout

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/dɹˈɑpˌaʊt/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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