- power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; intransitive verb
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The fire and power outage resulted in a shortened workday at some exchanges in Manhattan's financial district.
We had a power outage, so I had to reset the clock on my VCR. However, I was off by an hour, so the program I wanted to record wasn't recorded.
There was a blackout, so I reset my VCR's time, but I was off by an hour, so I missed my appointment.