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DOWNTIME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does downtime mean?
• DOWNTIME (noun)
The noun DOWNTIME has 1 sense:
1. a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions)
Familiarity information: DOWNTIME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("downtime" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Antonym:
uptime (a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use)
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