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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈaʊtɪdʒ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈaʊtɪdʒ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ou′tij)

out•age /ˈaʊtɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Electricity
- an interruption or failure in the supply of power, esp. electricity.

out•age (ou′tij),USA pronunciation n.

Electricityan interruption or failure in the supply of power, esp. electricity.
Electricitythe period during which power is lost:a two-hour outage on the East Coast.
a stoppage in the functioning of a machine or mechanism due to a failure in the supply of power or electricity.
the quantity of goods lost or lacking from a shipment. Cf. innage (def. 1).
Aeronauticsthe amount of fuel used during a flight. Cf. innage (def. 2).

out + -age 1900–05, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

outage /ˈaʊtɪdʒ/ n

a quantity of goods missing or lost after storage or shipment
a period of power failure, machine stoppage, etc

'outage' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

innage

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Synonyms: interruption of service, blackout, dim-out, brownout, failure of electrical service, more...

Collocations: a [planned, programmed, scheduled] outage (for two hours), power outages are not uncommon [in, for], a [system, database, network] outage, more...

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