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1. (v.t.) avail
to be of use, advantage, or value to; profit:
All our efforts availed us little.
2. (v.i.) avail
to be of use; have force or efficacy; serve; help:
Nothing you do will avail.
3. avail
to be of value or profit.
4. (n.) avail
effective use in the achievement of a goal or objective; advantage; use:
His help was of no avail.
5. avail
Archaic. profits or proceeds.
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| Definition of 'avail' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) avail, help, service
a means of serving
"of no avail"; "there's no help for it"
2. (verb) avail
use to one's advantage
"He availed himself of the available resources"
3. (verb) avail
be of use to, be useful to
"It will avail them to dispose of their booty"
4. (verb) avail, help
take or use
"She helped herself to some of the office supplies"
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| Definition of 'avail' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) avail
profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail
2. (noun) avail
proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction
3. avail
see Avale, v
4. (verb) avail
to turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment
5. (verb) avail
to promote; to assist
6. (verb) avail
to be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease
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Sense: of no use or effect
He tried to revive her but to no avail; His efforts were of no avail.
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 Afrikaans: sukses |
 Arabic: إفادَه، نَفْع، جَدوى |
 Bulgarian: от полза съм |
 Brazilian: efeito |
 Czech: bez výsledku, k ničemu |
 German: nutzlos |
 Danish: nytte; til ingen nytte |
 Greek: θετικό αποτέλεσμα, όφελος |
 Spanish: en vano, inútil |
 Estonian: kasutu, kasutult |
 Farsi: بی فایده |
 Finnish: hyödytön |
 French: sans effet |
 Hebrew: לַשָווא |
 Hindi: लाभ उठाना |
 Croatian: korist |
 Hungarian: hasztalan |
 Indonesian: guna, faedah |
 Icelandic: gagn; gagnslaus |
 Italian: (2) inutile |
 Japanese: 役にたつ |
 Korean: 쓸모 있다 |
 Lithuanian: perniek |
 Latvian: veltīgi; derīgi |
 Malay: tidak berhasil |
 Dutch: tevergeefs |
 Norwegian: nytte; nytteløs, til inge |
 Polish: na nic, daremnie |
 Persian: بی فایده |
 Pashto: بی ګټی |
 Portuguese: efeito |
 Romanian: în zadar |
 Russian: бесполезный |
 Slovak: bez výsledku |
 Slovenian: brez učinka |
 Serbian: bez uspeha |
 Swedish: nytta, till ingen nytta |
 Thai: เป็นประโยชน์ |
 Turkish: boşuna, faydasız |
 Taiwanese: 無用，徒勞無功 |
 Ukrainian: некорисний; марний |
 Urdu: بے فائدہ |
 Vietnamese: không có hiệu quả |
 Chinese: 無效 |
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