Definitions for avail
əˈveɪlavail

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. avail, help, serviceverb

   a means of serving

   "of no avail"; "there's no help for it"

2. availverb

   use to one's advantage

   "He availed himself of the available resources"

3. availverb

   be of use to, be useful to

   "It will avail them to dispose of their booty"

4. avail, helpverb

   take or use

   "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. availnoun

   Benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success.

2. availnoun

   Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).

3. availnoun

   Proceeds; profits from business transactions.

   The avails of this auction will go to the Cancer Society.

4. availnoun

   Effort; striving.

5. availnoun

   An advertising slot or package.

6. availnoun

   A press avail.

   While holding an avail yesterday, the candidate lashed out at critics.

7. availnoun

   Non-binding notice of availability for work.

8. availnoun

   A readily available stock of oil.

9. availverb

   To turn to the advantage of

   I availed myself of the opportunity.

10. availverb

    To be of service to.

    Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.

11. availverb

    To promote; to assist.

12. availverb

    To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.

13. availverb

    To provide.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Availnoun

   Profit; advantage; benefit.

   Etymology: from to avail.

   For all that else did come, were sure to fail;
   Yet would he further none but for avail. Edmund Spenser, Hubbard’s Tale.

   I charge thee,
   As heav’n shall work in me for thine avail,
   To tell me truly. William Shakespeare, All’s well that ends well.

   Truth, light upon this way, is of no more avail to us than errour. John Locke.

2. To AVAILverb

   Etymology: from valoir, Fr. to avail being nearly the same thing with faire valoir.

   1. To profit; to turn to profit; with of before the thing used.

   Then shall they seek t’ avail themselves of names,
   Places, and titles; and with these to join
   Secular pow’r. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xii.

   Both of them avail themselves of those licences, which Apollo has equally bestowed on them. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   2. To promote; to prosper; to assist.

   Meantime he voyag’d to explore the will
   Of Jove on high Dodona’s holy hill,
   What means might best his safe return avail. Alexander Pope, Odyss.

3. To Availverb

   To be of use; to be of advantage.

   Nor can my strength avail, unless by thee
   Endu’d with force, I gain the victory. John Dryden, Fables.

   When real merit is wanting, it avails nothing to have been encouraged by the great. Alexander Pope, Works. Preface to his.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. avail

   Who's to Say What Stays the Same is the first extended play by Avail and their first release on vinyl in May 1991. The four songs that make up the album were taken from their second release, "Reaching Out" originally released on cassette in 1990. The recording of this album took place during December 1989 at Inner Ear Studio.

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1. avail

   Avail generally refers to the action of utilizing or taking advantage of opportunities, resources, assistance, or offers. It can also mean to be beneficial, offer help or service, or contribute to achieving something. It can be used in a context where something is made use of or benefit is derived from a certain situation or object.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Availverb

   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

2. Availverb

   to promote; to assist

3. Availverb

   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

4. Availnoun

   profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail

5. Availnoun

   proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction

6. Avail

   see Avale, v

7. Etymology: [OE. availen, fr. F. (L. ad) + valoir to be worth, fr. L. valere to be strong, to be worth. See Valiant.]

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1. Avail

   Avail was a punk rock band from Richmond, Virginia. Originally from Reston, Va. the band formed in 1987, its members including Joe Banks, Doug Crosby, Brien Stewart, and Mikey Warstler. The only original remaining member, guitar player Joe Banks, teamed up with rival band LDK's Tim Barry. They moved to Richmond in 1990, and soon, after numerous line up changes, put together a solid lineup to release their first album "Satiate" in 1992. Many of their lyrics center around Richmond. The band released six studio albums. The Band has never officially disbanded, but has not released new material or played live since 2008.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Avail

   a-vāl′, v.t. to be of value or service to: to benefit: to take the benefit of (used reflexively with of).—v.i. to be of use: to answer the purpose: (obs.) to take or draw advantage: (Amer.) to inform, assure of.—n. benefit: profit: service.—adj. Avail′able, that one may avail one's self of, utilise: profitable: suitable, obtainable: accessible.—ns. Avail′ableness, Availabil′ity, quality of being available: power in promoting an end in view: validity.—advs. Avail′ably; Avail′ingly, in an availing manner. [Fr.—L. ad, to, val-ēre, to be strong, to be worth.]

2. Avail

   Same as Avale.

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1. avail

   Song lyrics by avail -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by avail on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. • Help
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How to pronounce avail?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say avail in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of avail in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of avail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of avail in a Sentence

1. Logan Pearsall Smith:

   There are few sorrows in which a good income is of no avail.

2. C. C. Colton:

   Doubt is the vestibule which all must pass before they can enter the temple of wisdom. When we are in doubt and puzzle out the truth by our own exertions, we have gained something that will stay by us and will serve us again. But if to avoid the trouble of the search we avail ourselves of the superior information of a friend, such knowledge will not remain with us; we have not bought, but borrowed it.

3. James Madison:

   It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is to-day, can guess what it will be to-morrow.

4. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez:

   We were told that family members had tried to contact them since earlier this week to no avail, this time they were out in the area and decided to come to the actual location. They summoned the policing office for assistance because there was no answer yet they saw the cars of the individuals.

5. Pervez Kamal:

   There was no other option. We have run so many awareness campaigns for the parents and general masses that there is no harm in the vaccine, but to no avail.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=avail
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Avail
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=avail
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avail
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avail
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=avail
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=avail
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=avail