/əˈveɪl/
OriginFrom Middle English availen (“to be of use”), from Old French a (“to”) + vail from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valere (“to be worthy, strong”).
- often, reflexive, transitiveTo turn to the advantage of.
“I availed myself of the opportunity.”
“It asserts that the museum has clear protocols for dealing with any form of discrimination or discontent, which it says [Tanya] Barson never availed herself of, […]”
- transitiveTo be of service to.
“Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.”
- transitiveTo promote; to assist.
- intransitiveTo be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
“The plea in court must avail.”
“This scheme will not avail.”
“Medicines will not avail to halt the disease.”
- Africa, IndiaTo provide; to make available.
“With this initiative, Valucard becomes an open system that is not limited to point of sale (POS) transactions, but now avails cash to its holders in various locations nationwide.”
- Africa, IndiaTo use or take advantage of (an opportunity or resource).
“You can avail discounts on food.”
“Over 85.3% of all persons who have adopted this method of contraception availed this service from government facilities.”
- countable, uncountableEffect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).
“I tried fixing it to no avail.”
“Labor, without economy, is of little avail.”
“Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an ”
- US, countable, uncountableProceeds; profits from business transactions.
“the avails of their own industry”
- countable, uncountableAn advertising slot or package.
“The salesperson at an affiliate TV station might prepare an avail which offers two weeks of spots in early and late news[…].”
“At an avail, the ad server plays out the MPEG-2 audio/video elementary streams.”
- US, countable, uncountableA press avail.
“While holding an avail yesterday, the candidate lashed out at critics.”
- British, countable, uncountableNon-binding notice of availability for work.
- countable, uncountableA readily available stock of oil.
“Total crude oil avails (production plus purchases) of even highly "self-sufficient" refiners are far greater than their reported refinery inputs.”
- countable, obsolete, uncountableBenefit; value, profit; advantage toward success.
“I shal take the aduenture sayd Balen that god wille ordeyne me / but the swerd ye shalle not haue at this tyme by the feythe of my body / ye shalle repente hit within short tyme sayd the damoysel/ For”
“hardy Citizens[…]sticke not to sacrifice their honours and consciences, as those of old, their lives, for their Countries availe and safety.”
“So this friar, unworthy as he was of his holy calling, had me at an avail on every side, nor do I yet see what I could do but obey him, as I did.”
- countable, obsolete, poetic, uncountableEffort; striving.
“And ev'n now, though he breathless lies, his sails / Are struggling with the winds, for our avails / T'explore a passage hid from human tract, / Will fame him in the enterprise or fact.”
- abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquialClipping of available.
“In another incident, Henry allegedly sent Areu a video titled "Fastest interview" in which a woman flashes her vagina to a man during a job interview and then immediately receives a job offer. Henry a”
“Bravoholic NYC resident Trace Bechter, who attended the sentencing, disagreed with Stein's understanding of Housewives as purely scripted entertainment. "I thought, that can't be true, because if this”
Formsavails(present, singular, third-person) · availing(participle, present) · availed(participle, past) · availed(past) · avails(plural) · more avail(comparative) · most avail(superlative)