Collocations for "outage"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "outage" in context.
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outage
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [town, neighborhood] suffered a power outage
- there was a power outage in the [town]
- the [storm, snow, ice] caused a power outage
- are [fixing, repairing] the outage
- looking for the cause of the outage
- [intermittent, frequent] power outages
- power outages are not uncommon [in, for]
- a [system, database, network] outage
- a [planned, programmed, scheduled] outage (for two hours)
- a [planned] outage for [servicing, maintenance]
'outage' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):