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"en:Time"
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"ref": "2017 March 1, Alex Hern, “How did an Amazon glitch leave people literally in the dark?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-30:",
"text": "A short internet outage might sound like a trifling matter – don’t we all need a little bit of time offline now and then? – but for many, the pervasiveness of the so-called “internet of things” meant downtime at Amazon affected their physical life as well as their digital one.",
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[
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"computer"
],
[
"crash",
"crash#Noun"
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[
"power outage",
"power outage"
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"ref": "2020 November 9, Gwen Ihnat, “With McCartney III, Paul McCartney Offers Lessons from a Legendary Life”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2022-11-07:",
"text": "As the world turns inward, trapped inside in various stages of pandemic quarantine, numerous songwriting luminaries (often blessed with their own in-home studios) have tried to use the downtime creatively—from Millennial stars like Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande to longtime veterans like Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello.",
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"work",
"work#Noun"
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[
"activity",
"activity"
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[
"intense",
"intense"
],
[
"stops",
"stop#Verb"
]
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"countable",
"uncountable"
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"categories": [
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"Canadian English",
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"English terms with usage examples"
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{
"text": "I’ve been working all weekend. I need some downtime.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "2010 August 24, Matt Richtel, “Digital devices deprive brain of needed downtime”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-29:",
"text": "But scientists point to an unanticipated side effect: when people keep their brains busy with digital input, they are forfeiting downtime that could allow them to better learn and remember information, or come up with new ideas.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2021 March 19, James Fallows, “Can humans be replaced by machines?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-29:",
"text": "‘We need to use the downtime, when things are calm, to prepare for when things get serious in the decades to come,’ he [Demis Hassabis] has said. ‘The time we have now is valuable, and we need to make use of it.’",
"type": "quote"
}
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"A period of time set aside for relaxation and rest; leisure time, free time."
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"set aside"
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"relaxation"
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"rest",
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[
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"free time"
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],
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"US",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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{
"word": "down time"
},
{
"word": "down-time"
}
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "فترة التعطيل"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prestój",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "престо́й"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "停機時間"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tíngjī shíjiān",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "停机时间"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nedetid"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "downtime"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "häiriöaika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "käyttökatko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "keskeytysaika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "seisokkiaika"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pause"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "repos"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taux d’indisponibilité"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "temps d’arrêt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Downtime"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ausfallzeit"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "állásidő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"uncommon"
],
"word": "állási idő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "holtidő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "kiesési időtartam"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "meghibásodási idő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "üzemszünet"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tempo di fermo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tempo di riposo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tempo passivo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dauntaimu",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "ダウンタイム"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dauntaim",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "다운타임"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zástoj",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "за́стој"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "wākarioi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nedetid"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nedetid"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "زمان اکار"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "przestój"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostój",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "просто́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vrémja prostója",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вре́мя просто́я"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"word": "avbrottstid"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nertid"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "borostuoy",
"sense": "amount of time lost due to forces beyond one’s control",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "боростуой"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "period of time when work or other activity is less intense or stops",
"word": "rauhallisempi aika"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "period of time when work or other activity is less intense or stops",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tiempo muerto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "period of time when work or other activity is less intense or stops",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tiempo inactivo"
}
],
"word": "downtime"
}
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