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outage

outage
Noun
pl: outages

This term is primarily used in technical, industrial, and utility contexts to describe the failure or suspension of a service. It carries a neutral to negative connotation depending on whether the event is unplanned or scheduled. In a professional setting, it is the standard term for describing downtime in IT infrastructure or power grids.

When referring to planned maintenance, the word shifts from describing a failure to describing a strategic window of time. This distinction is crucial in corporate communications to differentiate between a "system outage" (an emergency) and a "scheduled outage" (a planned event).

Meanings

Nounoutage

A planned period of time during which a piece of equipment or a system is taken offline for maintenance or repair.

The refinery scheduled a two-week outage for critical safety upgrades.

Examples

The entire office is offline due to a sudden network outage.

Office

I cannot access my email because of a server outage.

Business

Is there a power outage in this neighborhood?

The company apologized for the unexpected service outage.

The company apologized for the unexpected service outage.

Apology

We need to plan for a scheduled outage next Tuesday.

We need to plan for a scheduled outage next Tuesday.

Business

A massive outage hit the cellular network during the festival.

Travel

The plant manager confirmed the maintenance outage will last three days.

The plant manager confirmed the maintenance outage will last three days.

Business

I hope this outage ends soon or I will miss my deadline.

The city is struggling to recover from the grid outage.

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