Meaning

2 senses
  1. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply.

    Ausfall, Stromausfall

    ава́рияavárija

    a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers)

  2. The amount of something lost in storage or transportation.

    the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation

Examples

32 sentences
  1. The storm caused a power outage.

    deDas Gewitter verursachte einen Stromausfall. — al_ex_an_der

  2. We only use this generator when there is a power outage.

  3. What caused the power outage?

    ruЧто вызвало перебой в электроснабжении? — odexed

  4. The storm caused power outages.

  5. We have a water outage.

    У нас перебої з водопостачанням. — deniko

    ruУ нас нет воды. — odexed

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
suspension of operation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
suspension of operation:

Origin

From out + -age, on the model of shortage.

From out + -age, on the model of shortage.

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Forms

plural: outages
Singularoutage
Pluraloutages

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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