outage
A time when power, internet, or another service stops working.
A period when a supply, service, or system is not working or available, especially electricity, internet, phone service, or an online service.
- Base: outage
- Plural: outage, outages
internet outage
1Loss of internet service
A time when you cannot use the internet because the service is not working.
- The internet outage made it impossible to join the video meeting.
- A regional internet outage affected several providers this morning.
- Customers received a credit after the long internet outage.
- There is an internet outage in our area.
- I could not work during the internet outage.
network outage
1Network not working
A time when a computer or phone network stops working.
- A network outage prevented employees from accessing shared files.
- The carrier blamed the dropped calls on a network outage.
- Engineers restored service after a major network outage.
- The office had a network outage.
- Phones stopped working during the network outage.
outage map
1Map showing outages
A map that shows where power or service is not working.
- Check the outage map to see whether your neighborhood is affected.
- The utility updated its outage map every fifteen minutes.
- According to the outage map, power should be restored by 8 p.m.
- I checked the outage map.
- The outage map shows our street.
planned outage
1Scheduled service interruption
A service interruption that the company arranges in advance to do work on the system.
- The website will be unavailable during a planned outage on Sunday morning.
- Residents were notified of a planned outage for electrical maintenance.
- The planned outage is expected to last about thirty minutes.
- There is a planned outage tonight.
- The company told us about the planned outage.
power outage
1Loss of electricity
A time when the electricity stops working.
- The storm caused a power outage across the city.
- Keep a flashlight at home in case of a power outage.
- The power outage lasted until early morning.
- We had a power outage last night.
- The lights went off during the power outage.
report an outage
1Notify about service loss
To tell the service company that something has stopped working.
- You can report an outage through the utility company's app.
- Several customers reported an outage after their internet went down.
- Call this number to report an outage in your neighborhood.
- I called to report an outage.
- You can report an outage online.
rolling outage
1Rotating electricity shutoff
A power cut that happens in different areas at different times so the electrical system can keep working.
- The utility warned that rolling outages could occur during the heat wave.
- Rolling outages were introduced to protect the grid from a total failure.
- Some neighborhoods lost power for an hour during the rolling outage plan.
- The city had rolling outages in the afternoon.
- Our area was next in the rolling outage schedule.
service outage
1Service not available
A time when a service that people use stops working.
- The bank's app was unavailable because of a service outage.
- The provider said the service outage affected only a small number of customers.
- Text alerts will notify users of any service outage.
- The website had a service outage.
- Many customers called about the service outage.