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Definition of outage noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

outage

noun
 
/ˈaʊtɪdʒ/
 
/ˈaʊtɪdʒ/
(especially North American English)
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  1. a period of time when the supply of electricity, etc. is not working
    • a power outage
    • The baby was born during a power outage.
    • intermittent power outages up and down the East Coast
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • power
    verb + outage
    • have
    • cause
    outage + verb
    • occur
    preposition
    • during an/​the outage
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See outage in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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