outage
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- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 6
/ˈaʊ.tɪd͡ʒ/
(UK)
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/ˈaʊ.tɪd͡ʒ/ (UK) · /ˈaʊ.tɪd͡ʒ/ (US) · [ˈaʊ.ɾɪd͡ʒ] (US) · /ˈaʊ.təd͡ʒ/ (US) · /ˈæɔ.tɪd͡ʒ/ · [ˈæɔ.ɾɪd͡ʒ]
Definition of outage
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.”
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noun
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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 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.”
- The amount of something lost in storage or transportation.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From out + -age, on the model of shortage.
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