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avail
[ uh-veyl ]
verb (used with object)
- to be of use or value to; profit; advantage:
All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
verb (used without object)
- to be of use; have force or efficacy; serve; help:
His strength did not avail against the hostile onslaught.
- to be of value or profit.
noun
- advantage; use; efficacy; effective use in the achievement of a goal or objective:
His belated help will be of little or no avail.
- avails, Archaic. profits or proceeds.
avail
/ əˈ±¹±ðɪ±ô /
verb
- to be of use, advantage, profit, or assistance (to)
- avail oneself ofto make use of to one's advantage
noun
- use or advantage (esp in the phrases of no avail, to little avail )
Derived Forms
- ²¹Ëˆ±¹²¹¾±±ô¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹Â·±¹²¹¾±±ôi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
- ³Ü²Ôa·±¹²¹¾±±ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of avail1
Idioms and Phrases
- avail oneself of, to use to one's advantage:
They availed themselves of the opportunity to hear a free concert.
More idioms and phrases containing avail
In addition to the idiom beginning with avail , also see to no avail .Example Sentences
When Silvanna arrived at the hospital, medical staff assumed the lifesaving measures to no avail, and she was pronounced dead, according to the medical examiner.
Children and young people experiencing gender dysphoria can avail of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust's Knowing Our Identity Service which has a small number of staff with specialised skills.
But the plays are rigorously composed works of art, availing themselves of a theatrical vocabulary that extends beyond photographic realism.
Campaigner Ruth Kettle-Frisby says legal action is a "last resort" for locals who have fought "for decades, to no avail".
Anonymous sources who spoke with the Journal said the executive branch's National Economic Council has tried to nudge Trump off his current path to no avail.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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