🙈 Avoiding people 💊 Stopping drugs 🏆 Leaving a contest 🏦 Taking out money 🎓 Leaving school ✋ Taking back approval

withdrawer

8.2

A student who leaves school or college before finishing their studies

noun
/wɪðˈdrɔːər/

: estudiante que abandona los estudios

The university tracks the number of withdrawers each semester to improve student retention.

Examples

The withdrawer left the school mid-semester.
Many students become withdrawers due to personal issues.
After facing financial difficulties, the withdrawer decided to return home and work full-time.
Being a withdrawer does not mean you cannot return to education later in life.
After facing financial difficulties, the withdrawer decided to return home and work full-time.
Being a withdrawer does not mean you cannot return to education later in life.
Many students become withdrawers due to personal issues.

Synonyms

dropout

vswithdrawer

78 3.4

A person who leaves school, college, or another group before finishing

is limited to students who leave an educational institution before completing studies

Antonyms

graduate

551 3.4

A person who has finished a course at a college or university and received a degree

enrollee

8 4.8

A person who is registered in a class, course, or program

Surface Forms

withdrawer singular

withdrawers plural

Morphology

withdrawer = withdraw (transparent) = withdraw + er

Direct agentive reading: someone who leaves an institution follows ordinary '-er' derivation.

Etymology

Withdrawer comes from withdraw ('pull back') plus the ending -er ('person who'), so it means someone who pulls back. In school, a withdrawer is a student who leaves before finishing their studies.