attrition
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7.9
- noun
- /əˈtrɪʃən/
- Specialized
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desgaste
- The company's efforts to improve employee satisfaction were driven by the need to reduce high attrition rates.
- attrition rate
- retention and attrition
- teacher attrition
Only disaster or attrition can break the chains of such men.
- Only disaster or attrition can break the chains of such men.
- How do you how do you maintain growth with attrition and not have an impact to culture?
- And it's going to be in some respects, a war of long attrition.
- Now the bad news about success is it's a game of attrition.
- And it was some sort of a war of attrition.
- Clearly you're not Manchester City and you can break down a low block, but it's just going to be war of attrition in it, I think.
- I think we're basically, if you look at Russian history, any war that Russia has won is been for attrition.
- Scaling the unscalable is always the answer once you hit attrition and it's super countercultural to people that are quant oriented.
Examples
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Without a doubt, teacher retention and attrition issues are of paramount importance.
Academic text (2011) -
Research has indicated that Tinto's model is generally descriptive of attrition patterns for college students.
Academic text (1991) -
It's just a matter of what the attrition rate will be.
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And the attrition rate at this school is well over 50%.
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We experienced attrition from Year 1 to Year 2, as is expected in multiyear studies.
Academic text (2012) -
Two students withdrew from participation during the intervention; attrition analysis was not possible given the sample cell size.
Academic text (2012) -
Comparisons are also made of attrition rates, the timing of attrition, and the types of students who experience attrition.
Academic text (2008) -
With a mentoring program in place, Henrico has recorded a reduction in attrition of school librarians.
Academic text (2013) -
The prolonged conflict led to a significant attrition in troop numbers as they faced constant attacks.
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In this game, players experience attrition as they lose energy with each round of competition.
Synonyms
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4.5
The gradual loss of strength or good condition over time
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5.3
A decrease in how much of something is left, often until it is used up
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6.8
The process of making land, water, or buildings worse over time
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4.2
A slow loss of strength, value, or trust
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4.9
Slow wearing away of something by natural forces or repeated harm
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6.7
A decrease in size, strength or importance
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5.2
A slow decrease in size, number, or strength
A process that makes a person or thing less strong
Slow loss of a surface by water, wind, or rubbing
A slow wearing away of a surface when something rubs it
Antonyms
Compounds
How Weakened
Surface Forms
Morphology
attrition = attrite (semi-transparent) = attrit + ion
The personnel/organizational sense is a metaphorical extension of 'wearing down' (loss through gradual processes), so derivation is understandable but requires a figurative leap.
Etymology
Attrition comes from Latin ad- 'to' and terere 'to rub', giving the image of slowly rubbing something until it weakens. That is why attrition is used for a slow weakening or loss caused by constant pressure, turnover, or repeated attacks.