outage
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outage
- /ˈaʊ.tɪd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈaʊ.tɪd͡ʒ/ US
- [ˈaʊ.ɾɪd͡ʒ] US
- /ˈaʊ.təd͡ʒ/ US
- /ˈæɔ.tɪd͡ʒ/ Australia
- [ˈæɔ.ɾɪd͡ʒ] Australia
Rhymes with -aʊtɪdʒ
Where it comes from
From out + -age, on the model of shortage.
noun outages
- A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply. [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 20
- The amount of something lost in storage or transportation.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: downtime, cut-off, court, hollow, cut, cutting, interval, trough, trap, cutoff, break, gap, crash, severance, shutdown, breakup
Translations
Every language
noun suspension of operation
| Español | apagón, corte, interrupción, desconexión |
|---|---|
| Français | panne, interruption |
| Deutsch | Ausfall, Stromausfall |
| Italiano | black-out, disservizio, interruzione |
| Русский | ава́рия avárija |
| Tiếng Việt | mất điện, cúp điện |
noun amount lost in storage or transportation
| Français | perte de marchandise |
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title = {outage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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