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/ˈaʊ.tɪd͡ʒ/ · noun
A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply..
[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.
Use outage when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Outage means A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply..
Common synonyms include blackout, power cut.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[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.
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