avail

  • 21avail — I UK [əˈveɪl] / US noun to/of no avail formal without getting the effect you wanted or intended His words of encouragement were to no avail. II UK [əˈveɪl] / US verb Word forms avail : present tense I/you/we/they avail he/she/it avails present… …

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  • 22AVAIL — Infobox Album Name = AVAIL Type = EP Artist = Avail Released = May, 1991 Recorded = December, 1989 Genre = punk Length = Label = SunSpot Records Producer = Joe Banks Reviews = AVAIL is Avail s first release on ever. done so in 1989 and Remixed in …

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  • 23avail — a|vail1 [ ə veıl ] noun to/of no avail FORMAL without getting the effect you wanted or intended: His words of encouragement were to no avail. avail a|vail 2 [ ə veıl ] verb transitive FORMAL if you avail yourself of something, you use it: Only a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 24avail — /əˈveɪl / (say uh vayl) verb (i) 1. to have force or efficacy; be of use; serve. 2. to be of value or profit. –verb (t) 3. to be of use or value to; profit; advantage. –phrase 4. avail oneself of, to give oneself the advantage of; make use of. 5 …

  • 25avail — availingly, adv. /euh vayl /, v.t. 1. to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change. v.i. 2. to be of use; have force or efficacy; serve; help: His strength did not avail against the… …

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  • 26avail — [əˈveɪl] noun I to no avail formal without getting the effect that you wanted[/ex] II verb avail [əˈveɪl] avail yourself of sth formal to use something[/ex] …

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  • 27avail — a•vail [[t]əˈveɪl[/t]] v. t. 1) to be of use, advantage, or value to; profit: All our efforts availed us little[/ex] 2) to be of use; have force or efficacy; serve; help: Nothing you do will avail[/ex] 3) to be of value or profit 4) effective use …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28avail — v. & n. v. 1 tr. help, benefit. 2 refl. (foll. by of) profit by; take advantage of. 3 intr. a provide help. b be of use, value, or profit. n. (usu. in neg. or interrog. phrases) use, profit (of no avail; without avail; of what avail?). Etymology …

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  • 29avail — See: TO NO AVAIL or OF NO AVAIL …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 30avail — See: TO NO AVAIL or OF NO AVAIL …

    Dictionary of American idioms