B2nountechnologybusiness
US/ˈaʊ.tɪdʒ/
UK/ˈaʊ.tɪdʒ/
a period when a service such as electricity, water or the internet stops working
In context
A power outage left thousands of homes without electricity during the storm.
We apologize for the outage and expect the network to be back by noon.
The two-hour outage cost the online store thousands of dollars in lost sales.
Words that go with outage
noun + noun
- power outageA power outage delayed the morning flights.
- service outageCustomers received an email about the service outage.
verb + noun
- report an outageCall this number to report an outage in your area.
- cause an outageA software update caused the outage on Monday morning.
adjective + noun
- widespread outageA widespread outage affected the whole city.
Common mistakes
Incorrect:
We had a lost of electricity last night.Correct: We had a power outage last night.