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avail

/əˈveɪl/
Meanings
  • verb

    Be available or able to be used, especially for a particular purpose.

    - "The product will be avail in the market from next week."
    - "Can I avail your help in completing this task?"
  • verb

    Make (something) available or accessible for use.

    - "The library avails a wide range of books for students."
    - "The company avails its products through various channels."
Pronunciation
  1. /əˈveɪl/



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  2. /əˈveɪl/



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Antonyms

disavail
Rhymes
Words rhyming with avail
ail , mail , pail , tail , whale
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. avail (Irish) : river

  2. avail (Scottish) : a kind of oatmeal

Variants
List of all variants of avail that leads to same result
avail , avail herself of , avail himself of , avail itself of , avail myself of , avail of , avail oneself of , avail ourselves of , avail themselves of , avail yourself of , avail yourselves of , availed , availed herself of , availed himself of , availed itself of , availed myself of , availed of , availed oneself of , availed ourselves of , availed themselves of , availed yourself of , availed yourselves of , availing , availing herself of , availing himself of , availing itself of , availing myself of , availing ourselves of , availing themselves of , availing yourself of , availing yourselves of , avails , of little avail , of no avail , to no avail
Forms
Different forms of the word (e.g., verb conjugations, plural forms, comparative/superlative forms for adjectives).

avails, availed, availing

Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old French avenir, from avenir ‘come to, arrive’, from aver ‘have’ + venir ‘come’.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'avail' is often used in legal contexts to refer to the benefits or advantages that a person or entity derives from a contract or agreement.

  2. In some dialects of English, the past tense and past participle of 'avail' is spelled as 'obtained' or 'obtaineded' instead of 'availed' or 'availeded'.

Related Concepts
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  1. accessibility: The degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is accessible to as many people as possible.

  2. utilization: The use or application of something, especially for a particular purpose.

Quotes
Quotes by authors and personalities

  1. Soon middle-class girls were slipping into their starched white shirtwaists, marching into a place of business … and eventually standing up as private secretaries, bank tellers, accountants, and managers. So many, in fact, "availed" themselves of this new opportunity that by 1900 nearly 75 percent of all clerical workers in America were women (Bliven puts the number, in 1888, at 60,000); and for decades the typist and her machine were both called "typewriters."

    - Arthur Krystal,{it}Harper's{/it},December 2002

  2. In such a Hobbesian world, grand idealistic designs will "avail" the United States nothing. Nor will a quest for American dominance in the name of the good.

    - Laura Secor,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},26 June 2005

  3. One comes away from the book stunned by the remarkable energy and willingness to resist that so many demonstrated but haunted by the recognition of how little that resistance "availed".

    - Louis Menand,{it}New Yorker{/it},25 Nov. 2002
Culture
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Avail has been used in various forms of literature and art. In Shakespeare's 'Othello', the character Iago says, 'I have't the office, and a grave and earnest man; I have some means to make them think they have reason.' Here, 'avail' refers to the ability to provide help or assistance. In music, the band Avail! is known for their ska punk music.

How to Memorize "avail"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a store where products are available for customers.
    - Visualize a person being in a position to help or provide something.

  2. associate

    - Associate 'avail' with 'being available'.
    - Associate 'avail' with 'making something accessible'.

  3. mnemonics

    - Remember 'Avail' as 'Able to be Available' or 'Available for Use'.

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