Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Present and ready for use; at hand; accessible.
- adjective Capable of being gotten; obtainable.
- adjective Qualified and willing to serve or assist.
- adjective Chemistry Capable of being used in a chemical reaction.
- adjective Botany Present, as in soil, and capable of being used by plants as a nutrient.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Profitable; advantageous; having efficacy.
- Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy for the object; valid.
- Capable of being used or employed with advantage; attainable; accessible; at one's disposal: as, his resources were not available at the time.
- Advailable is a rare and obsolete form.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid.
- adjective Such as one may avail one's self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Such as one may
avail one’s self of;capable of being used for theaccomplishment of apurpose . - adjective Readily
obtainable . - adjective law
Valid - adjective archaic Having
sufficient power ,force , orefficacy to achieve the purpose; availing, effective.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
- adjective convenient for use or disposal
- adjective not busy; not otherwise committed
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Now they've heroically made the title available again, not only as hard copy for £10 through print-on-demand, but also as a free PDF download (13. 55MB).
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The new tracks are thanks to a deal Sony has signed with Universal Music that will see hit songs from the label available on SingStore, the online store for SingStar on the PS3.
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Note: We will not be making copies of this title available to large online retailers or our wholesale accounts.
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