shutdown
pronunciation
How to pronounce shutdown in British English:
UK [ˈʃʌtdaʊn]
How to pronounce shutdown in American English:
US [ˈʃʌtˌdaʊn]
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- Noun:
- termination of operations
Word Origin
- shutdown (n.)
- also shut-down, 1884, of factories, etc.; 1911 of machines; from shut (v.) + down (adv.).
Example
- 1. Many democrats reacted furiously to the deal to avoid a shutdown .
- 2. A long shutdown could cost taxpayers more than $ 1 billion by next month .
- 3. The tendency is for everyone to go into shutdown mode .
- 4. A similar demonstration last year in dalian resulted in the shutdown of a polluting petrochemical plant .
- 5. Defense department : military operations would continue , though service members wouldn 't receive pay during the shutdown .