noun · neutral

downtime

/ˈdaʊntaɪm/DOWN·time

Band 6-7speakingtask2

time when you are not working and can relax, or a period when a machine/system is not operating

Examples

“I try to have some downtime every evening to switch off my phone.”

“The website had several hours of downtime after the update.”

“Good managers schedule downtime so staff can recharge.”

Band 8 sentence

“I deliberately schedule periods of downtime each week to recharge and avoid burnout.”

Collocations

  • have some downtime
  • server downtime
  • schedule downtime

Word family

downtime noun

Common mistakes

I have many downtime this week.→I have a lot of downtime this week.

I need some down time.→I need some downtime.

Say it for a higher band

5rest→6free time→7+downtime

Synonyms

rest

break

Easily confused

rest

“After the flight she needed some rest.”

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