downtime

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdaʊntaɪm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(doun′tīm′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
down•time  (doun′tīm′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Businessa time during a regular working period when an employee is not actively productive.
  2. Business, Mechanical Engineeringan interval during which a machine is not productive, as during repair, malfunction, maintenance. Also called dead time. 
  • down1 + time 1925–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
downtime / ˈdaʊnˌtaɪm/
  1. time during which a machine or plant is not working because it is incapable of production, as when under repair: the term is sometimes used to include all nonproductive time
'downtime' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
MDT - dead time - uptime
Collocations: the downtime [date, length, duration], a [week, month] of downtime, [two] hours of downtime, more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "downtime" in the title:


Look up "downtime" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "downtime" at dictionary.com
  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Report an inappropriate ad.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!

Become a WordReference Supporter to view the site ad-free.