From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2012] [en]
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en] + [fro] from [fro], from Latin [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To turn to the advantage of. [en]
2. * [en]
3. [en] To be of service to.
4. [en] To promote ; to assist .
5. [en] To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose ; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
6. * [en]
7. * [en]
8. * [21]
9. [en] To provide ; to make available ; to use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource).
10. * [en]
11. * [en]
**** Antonyms
- [en]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Related terms
{{col|en|title=terms related to _avail (verb)_ |availability |availingly
|unavailable |unavailing }}
**** Translations
[to turn to the advantage of]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
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[to be of service to]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to promote; to assist]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to be of use (intransitive)]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
*** Noun
[~]
1. Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose , use (now usually in negative constructions). [from 15th c.]
2. * {{ RQ:Jefferies Amateur Poacher | II | 071
|passage=Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury,
and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.
Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much AVAIL as an arrowhead; you must have
it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=18 October 2014 | author= 吴语: Paul Doyle (journalist) | title=Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter | titleurl=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/18/southampton-sunderland-premier-league-match-report | journal=The Guardian
|passage=At half-time, Poyet replaced Wes Brown with Liam Bridcutt in the
heart of defence and sent out the rest of the players to atone for their
first-half mistakes. To no AVAIL.}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] Proceeds ; profits from business transactions. [from 15th c.]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1862 | author=w:Elijah Porter Barrows | title=The State And Slavery
|passage=the AVAILS of their own industry}}
1. [en] An advertising slot or package .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. [en] A press avail .
5. [en] Non-binding notice of availability for work.
6. [en] A readily available stock of oil .
7. * [en]
8. [en] Benefit ; value , profit ; advantage toward success. [15th]
9. * [4.2]
<!--Prior quote:For I wold haue the swerd more for your AUAYLLE than for myne,
for I am passyng heuy for your sake.-->
1. * [chapter=1]
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1895 | author=w:Andrew Lang | title= A Monk of Fife (see http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/6/3/1631/1631.txt)
|passage=So this friar, unworthy as he was of his holy calling, had me at an
AVAIL on every side, nor do I yet see what I could do but obey him, as I
did.}}
1. [en] Effort ; striving .
2. * [en]
**** Usage notes
- [success or benefit] Very often encountered in negative phrases, such as OF or TO NO or LITTLE AVAIL .
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk] , [mk]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Persian: [fa]
- Portuguese: [pt]
[trans-bottom]
[proceeds]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. [en] [en] .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
*** Anagrams
- [en]