cutoff
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈkʌtˌɔf/
- US
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- They set a cutoff date of October 1 for the scholarship applications.
- cutoff score
- cutoff point
- cutoff criterion
And you look at that scale and you look at the cutoff on that scale that would be suspected major depression today.
- And you look at that scale and you look at the cutoff on that scale that would be suspected major depression today.
Examples
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Here's the cutoff point for passing.
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I'm starting to think that 30 is the cutoff.
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- The emergency cutoff switch is here.
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The cutoff was nine weeks.
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What's the cutoff for the national papers?
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They give you a cutoff amount, right?
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Our cutoff is 25.
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Students whose placement test results were further away from the remedial cutoff scores were not studied.
Academic text (2011) -
Here's the cutoff point.
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Children who possessed skinfold measurements greater than the cutoff points were classified as obese.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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1.4
The edge or border of an area beyond which you cannot go
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4.1
The point when something stops or finishes
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5.5
The end point of something like a road or tunnel
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3.1
A time when an activity or event ends
Antonyms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cutoff comes from cut + off, which means 'to stop' or 'separate'. So a cutoff is a limit or point where something ends and is no longer allowed or valid.