Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word AVAIL

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Definitions of AVAIL

1. (transitive, often, reflexive) To turn to the advantage of.
2. (transitive) To be of service to.
3. (transitive) To promote; to assist.
4. (intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
5. (India, Africa, elsewhereproscribed) To provide; to make available; to use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource).
6. Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions). [from 15th c.]
7. (nowonlyUS) Proceeds; profits from business transactions. [from 15th c.]
8. (television, advertising) An advertising slot or package.
9. (US, politics, journalism) A press avail.
10. (British, acting) Non-binding notice of availability for work.
11. (oil industry) A readily available stock of oil.
12. (obsolete) Benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success. [15th]
13. (obsolete, poetic) Effort; striving.
14. (colloquial) Clipping of available.

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Examples of Using AVAIL in a Sentence

• Pelagius appealed for help from Emperor Maurice against the Lombards, but to no avail, forcing Pelagius to "buy" a truce and turn to the Franks, who invaded Italy, but left after being bribed by the Lombards.
• Their sound is often identified as being similar to other post-hardcore bands, such as Avail, Hot Water Music and Dillinger Four.
• Tattet had a showroom in Paris; the family tried for some time to entice the young Breguet into the trade, to no avail, but he eventually took to it with great interest and in 1762, aged 15, he was sent to be apprenticed to an unknown Versailles master-watchmaker.
• A welfare state is a form of government in which the state (or a well-established network of social institutions) protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of its citizens, based upon the principles of equal opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for citizens unable to avail themselves of the minimal provisions for a good life.
• He often insisted that she avoid overwork, to little avail, sometimes pleading, "Bed, woman!" They otherwise usually kept their careers separate; an exception was when Thatcher accompanied his wife on a 1967 visit to the United States sponsored by the International Visitor Leadership Program.
• Concerned that political fragmentation would lead to a civil war in Russia, Tsereteli strived to broker compromises between the various leftist factions in the Russian Revolution and was the force behind efforts to work together with the middle classes, to no avail.
• Some leaders of the battalion, feeling the words were coarse and irreverent, tried to urge the adoption of more fitting lyrics, but to no avail.
• This fell apart when Shapiro could not come up with the deposit; Shapiro sued Kauffman a few years later to no avail.
• Gojong refused to sign it and made attempts to bring the treaty to the attention of the international community and convince leading powers of the treaty's illegitimacy, but to no avail.
• Michel Aoun ended up not giving the required seats to the Lebanese forces but Samir Geagea did not seem to complain until after the "17 October revolution" in Lebanon which Samir Geagea tried his best in trying to impress but to no avail.
• In the Tenth Jatiyo Sangsad election of 2014, the BNP along with its 18 party alliance boycotted and violently protested the election to no avail.
• As she was used to confessing to Magister Jan, King Wenceslaus ordered him to reveal the name of the lover, but to no avail.
• That journal continued discussion on forming an engineers' organization from 1839 thru 1843 serving its own self-interests in advocating its journal as a replacement for a professional society but to no avail.
• Zaman Shah had always wanted to follow his father, Timur Shah Durrani with his conquests in Punjab, however Timur Shah Durrani did not allow it, and Zaman Shah very early grew interests of being like his grandfather, Ahmad Shah Durrani, as a child he had dreamt of conquering Hindustan, but to no avail, as his father did not allow Zaman Shah to accompany him on his campaigns.
• On the Fourth of July, when Shelly's ex-husband Danny shows up, Vada hopes that Shelly will take him back, to no avail.
• What differentiates implacable hostility from the typical hostility that may arise after separation/divorce is that the deep-rooted nature of the hostility cannot be justified on rational grounds and measures taken by third parties including mediators and the family courts are to no avail.
• Keith went to Nashville, Tennessee, where he busked along Music Row to no avail, until producer Harold Shedd signed him with Mercury Records after receiving a copy of Keith's demo tape from a flight attendant who was a fan of Keith's.
• Gregory of Nazianzus said of his deceased father: "I am well assured that his intercession is of more avail now than was his instruction in former days, since he is closer to God, now that he has shaken off his bodily fetters, and freed his mind from the clay which obscured it"; and Jerome wrote: "If the Apostles and Martyrs, while still in the body, can pray for others, at a time when they must still be anxious for themselves, how much more after their crowns, victories, and triumphs are won! One man, Moses, obtains from God pardon for six hundred thousand men in arms; and Stephen, the imitator of the Lord, and the first martyr in Christ, begs forgiveness for his persecutors; and shall their power be less after having begun to be with Christ?".
• At dawn, the CNT once again asked the workers to return to their work to no avail although more out of fear than out of obstinacy.
• He was the chief staff officer under Brigadier Arthur Varley of the 22nd Brigade in A Force – the first contingent of POWs at Changi to voluntarily avail themselves of a Japanese "offer" to move to a new location where they were told there would be abundant food and a healthy climate.
• One tradition holds that he was so poor that he could not afford papyri to write on, and was constrained to avail himself of potsherds to write down his thoughts.
• Amelia Escrow and her pet Chihuahua named Pepe, who tries to expose Foofur's illegal roommates – but always to no avail.
• The government asked the lending bank and Firestone for forbearance on the loan payments but to no avail.
• Alonso was distraught that he would miss the game and vehemently contested the referee's decision to no avail.
• Knyaz Suvorovs steering was later repaired, but she blundered between the Japanese and Russian fleets several times later in the battle and Mikasa fired three torpedoes at her to no avail.

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