dropout
/ˈdrɒpaʊt/noun
उच्चारण ड्रॉपाउट
बीच में पढ़ाई छोड़ने वाला
Core word
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[C]
a person who leaves school or college before finishing their studies
बीच में पढ़ाई छोड़ने वाला
- He was a college dropout who later built a successful company.
- The scheme aims to bring school dropouts back to class.
- The school helps every dropout return to class.
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- As a dropout, he had to take the exams privately.
- Many college dropouts have started successful businesses.
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[C]
a person who rejects the ordinary ways of society
समाज की मुख्यधारा को छोड़ने वाला
- a hippy dropout
- In the seventies, the young dropout lived in a commune in the hills.
- The old film is about a dropout who left the city to live in the woods.
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- He called himself a dropout from the rat race.
- The novel's hero is a dropout who turns to music.
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[U]
the act of leaving school or college early
बीच में पढ़ाई छोड़ना, ड्रॉपआउट
- The dropout rate among girls has fallen in many states.
- Many dropouts return to school through the open learning scheme.
- Early marriage is one reason for dropout among girls.
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- Dropout from school is common in the poorest areas.
- The college is trying to reduce dropout in the first year.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a dropout (countable noun)
A dropout is a person who leaves school or college before finishing. It is countable and written as one word or as drop-out.
'Dropout' वह व्यक्ति है जो पढ़ाई पूरी करने से पहले स्कूल या कॉलेज छोड़ देता है; यह countable है।
- He is a college dropout who started a successful company.
- Many dropouts return to study through open schools.
dropout from + school / college
The institution follows from.
संस्था का नाम 'from' के बाद आता है।
- A dropout from a medical college may join a different course.
the dropout rate (uncountable use)
In reports, dropout means the act of leaving early and appears in phrases like dropout rate.
रिपोर्टों में 'dropout' जल्दी छोड़ने की क्रिया को भी बताता है, जैसे 'dropout rate'।
- The dropout rate among girls fell after the free bicycle scheme.
drop out (verb phrase) vs dropout (noun)
The verb phrase is two words (drop out of school); the noun is one word or hyphenated.
Verb phrase दो शब्दों में है (drop out of school); noun एक शब्द या hyphen के साथ लिखा जाता है।
- He dropped out of school at fifteen to help his father.
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adjective + dropout
schoolcollegehigh-schoolformerteenage
- He is a former college dropout.
dropout + noun
rateproblemfigurespreventionscheme
- The government launched a dropout prevention programme.
reduce / prevent + dropouts
reducepreventcounttrackhelp
- Free meals help to reduce school dropouts.
dropout + from + place
from schoolfrom universityfrom the coursefrom class ten
- A dropout from class ten may try the open school exam.
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- The village school worked hard to bring dropouts back to class.
गाँव के स्कूल ने स्कूल छोड़ चुके बच्चों को वापस कक्षा में लाने के लिए कड़ी मेहनत की।
- Rajesh was a dropout, but he cleared the SSC exam through self-study.
राजेश ने बीच में पढ़ाई छोड़ दी थी, पर उसने स्वाध्याय से SSC परीक्षा पास कर ली।
- The report shows a high dropout rate after class eight.
रिपोर्ट से पता चलता है कि आठवीं कक्षा के बाद dropout दर ऊँची है।
- Poverty is the main cause of dropout in rural areas.
ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में पढ़ाई छोड़ने का मुख्य कारण गरीबी है।
- Radhika volunteers to teach dropouts in the evenings.
राधिका शाम को पढ़ाई छोड़ चुके बच्चों को पढ़ाने के लिए स्वयंसेवा करती है।
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✗ He dropped out the college last year.
✓ He dropped out of college last year.
The verb phrase drop out takes of before the institution.
'Drop out' के बाद संस्था से पहले 'of' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These nouns name people who leave something, but the sense is different.
ये noun किसी चीज़ को छोड़ने वाले लोगों के लिए हैं, पर अर्थ भिन्न है।
A student who leaves before finishing a course.
वह विद्यार्थी जो पाठ्यक्रम पूरा करने से पहले छोड़ देता है।
- He is a dropout from engineering college.
A person who has completed a degree.
वह व्यक्ति जिसने डिग्री पूरी की हो।
- She is a graduate in history.
A soldier who leaves the army without permission; not about studies.
वह सैनिक जो बिना अनुमति सेना छोड़ देता है; पढ़ाई से संबंधित नहीं।
- The deserter was arrested at the border.
§Grammar and usage
Dropout is a noun written as one word, while drop out is the phrasal verb, as in 'She dropped out of college'.
Dropout एक शब्द वाला noun है, जबकि drop out phrasal verb है, जैसे 'She dropped out of college'।