outage

[ ou-tij ]

/ ˈaʊ tɪdʒ /

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noun

an interruption or failure in the supply of power, especially electricity.

the period during which power is lost: a two-hour outage on the East Coast.

a stoppage in the functioning of a machine or mechanism due to a failure in the supply of power or electricity.

the quantity of goods lost or lacking from a shipment.Compare innage (def. 1).

Aeronautics. the amount of fuel used during a flight.Compare innage (def. 2).

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Origin of outage

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; out + -age

Words nearby outage

oust, ousted, ouster, out, outact, outage, out and about, out and away, out-and-out, out-and-outer, outargue

How to use outage in a sentence

Only about 12 customers were affected by the gas outage, he said.
Multiple people injured, vehicles catch fire after small explosion in Springfield area|Justin Jouvenal|February 3, 2021|Washington Post
The tactic has been taken up with zeal—and to far greater success—by other repressive regimes since, says Doug Madory, director of Internet analysis at IT network observatory Kentik, who has been studying such outages for years.
Myanmar: How repressive regimes quash dissent with Internet shutdowns|Robert Hackett|February 2, 2021|Fortune
Authorities have used the outages to reduce or prevent unrest — or to hide it from public view.
Internet blackouts skyrocket amid global political unrest|Sara Fischer|February 2, 2021|Axios
If it’s solely WiFi connected, it won’t work during an outage.
Best home security system: Keep your family and property safe|PopSci Commerce Team|January 29, 2021|Popular-Science

Downdetector, which tracks reports of outages, showed widespread issues with Verizon, Google, Zoom, YouTube, Slack, Amazon Web Services and others Tuesday just before noon.
Big Internet outages hit the East Coast, causing issues for Verizon, Zoom, Slack, Gmail|Rachel Lerman|January 26, 2021|Washington Post
But the outage has raised the question of what that proportional response would look like, and whether it would be legal.
Cyberwar on North Korea Could Be Illegal|Shane Harris|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We know that a transformer fire often leads to a power outage.
NASDAQ Goes Down, but the Scary Part Is Any Lack of Sensible Explanation|Daniel Gross|August 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
See the funniest tweets about the outage from news junkies, pundits, Times reporters, and more.
Tweets From the Great New York Times Blackout of 2013|Nina Strochlic|August 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The length of this outage is not yet determined, but we hope it will be at most until tomorrow morning.
Comments Section Down Until Tomorrow|Justin Green|May 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A few beats later, Tunku articulated this widespread anxiety: “Did Chinese hackers trigger the outage?”
Super Bowl Blackout Should Help Build Momentum for a Smart Grid|John Avlon|February 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for outage

outage

/ (ˈaʊtɪdʒ) /

noun

a quantity of goods missing or lost after storage or shipment

a period of power failure, machine stoppage, etc

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