1
: a very steep or perpendicular descent
2
: a marked dwindling or decline
a drop-off in attendance
3
: the act or an instance of making a usually brief deposit or delivery
drop-off points along the route
dropped off; dropping off; drops off

intransitive verb

: to fall asleep

Examples of drop-off in a Sentence

Noun the drop-off in movie attendance was the greatest in more than a decade Verb my interest in photography has dropped off over the years
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Noun
Kids have an in-house ski school with convenient drop-off and pick-up right outside the door. Katharina Kotrba, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 The big picture: New Orleans is doing curbside pickup and centralized drop-off points. Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
Areas will be sectioned off and posted with signs for township residents to drop off their Christmas trees. Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024 Witnesses said an argument spiraled out of control at the holiday get-together, and Hernandez-Velasco was dropped off at the hospital in a private vehicle. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drop-off 

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1812, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of drop-off was in 1812

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“Drop-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop-off. Accessed 1 Jan. 2025.

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