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Meaning of Outage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈaʊ.tɪd͡ʒ

Definitions

  1. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply.
  2. The amount of something lost in storage or transportation.

Equivalents

العربية الإنقطاع
Català apagada pana
Čeština porucha výpadek
Suomi katkos
Nederlands panne
Polski awaria przestój
Русский авария
Svenska driftstörning
Türkçe fire kesinti
Українська відключення
Tiếng Việt cúp điện mất điện

Examples

“[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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