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outage

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outage /ˈaʊtɪʤ/ noun
plural outages
outage
/ˈaʊtɪʤ/
noun
plural outages
Learner's definition of OUTAGE
[count] US
: a period of time when there is no electricity in a building or area断电期
called also (British) power cut
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outage

noun

out·​age ˈau̇-tij How to pronounce outage (audio)
1
: a quantity or bulk of something lost in transportation or storage
2
a
: a failure or interruption in use or functioning
b
: a period of interruption especially of electric current

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Residents recently experienced a dayslong outage of running water, and even now more than 150,000 residents in Mississippi’s capital still lack clean drinking water. Laura Strickler, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022 Just as Twitter engaged in its heated legal battle with Musk, the company experienced a worldwide global outage that left users unable to access the platform. New York Times, 15 July 2022 The state experienced another mass power outage this past February as a result of another winter storm, when more than 50,000 customers lost power. Byjulia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2022 Amazon Web Services experienced an Internet outage on Tuesday, creating hiccups for popular digital services that rely on it including Disney Plus, Instacart, and Alexa. Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2021 Over the weekend, the town experienced a power outage, numerous trees or branches fell and some homes experienced basement or foundational flooding, Girdwood Fire and Rescue Chief Michelle Weston said. Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Nov. 2021 As one example, Netflix said engagement surged by 14% when Facebook Inc. experienced a global outage for several hours on Oct. 4. Joe Flint, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021 And on Monday, when Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp experienced a global outage lasting nearly six hours, that audience disappeared. Raisa Bruner, Time, 7 Oct. 2021 Dear Heloise: Our neighborhood recently experienced an electrical power outage. Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of outage was in 1851
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outage

noun

(NAmE) ADJECTIVE | VERB + OUTAGE | OUTAGE + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEpower停電期間intermittent power outages up and down the East Coast東海岸沿岸時斷時續的電力供給VERB + OUTAGEhave供電中斷cause引起供電中斷OUTAGE + VERBoccur供電中斷PREPOSITIONduring an/the outage停電期間The baby was born during a power outage.那嬰兒在一次停電時出生。

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