downtime
pronunciation
How to pronounce downtime in British English:
UK [ˈdaʊntaɪm]
How to pronounce downtime in American English:
US [ˈdaʊnˌtaɪm]
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- Noun:
- a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions)
Word Origin
- downtime (n.)
- 1952, from down (adv.) + time (n.).
Example
- 1. What do you do in your downtime ?
- 2. Doing so will cause less downtime for end users .
- 3. How much downtime did we log last week ?
- 4. But in a world where executive downtime has been cut to the bone , it makes good sense .
- 5. How to monitor website uptime or downtime for free .