availing

Meanings

• The act of receiving or taking advantage of something offered or available.

  - "He availed himself of the offer."
  - "She availed herself of the knowledge and experience of her mentor."
  - "The company availed itself of the latest technology to improve its productivity."

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Antonyms

disavail

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with availing
ail , mail , pale , tail , whale

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Variants

List of all variants of availing 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

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Etymology

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

The term 'avail' comes from the Old French word 'avoir', which means 'to have'. The term 'avail' evolved to mean 'to make use of' or 'to make advantage of'.

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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

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