available
AdjectiveUS[uh-vey-luh-buhl]/əˈveɪləbəl/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (3)
- obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service“kept a fire extinguisher available”“much information is available through computers”“available in many colors”“the list of available candidates is unusually long”Opposite unavailableSimilar on hand, open, ready, gettable, purchasable, in stock, lendable, acquirable +6 moreRelates to handiness, accessibility
- not busy; not otherwise committed“he was not available for comment”“he was available and willing to accompany her”Synonyms: uncommittedOpposite unfreeSimilar free
- convenient for use or disposal“the house is available after July 1”“2000 square feet of usable office space”Synonyms: usableuseableOpposite nondisposableSimilar disposable
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Translations
Adjective capable of being used
- Spanish
- disponible
- French
- disponible
- German
- verfügbar
- Italian
- disponibile
- Portuguese
- disponível
- Turkish
- mevcut
- Russian
- досту́пный dostúpnyj
- Arabic
- مُتَاح mutāḥ
- Dutch
- beschikbaar
- Swedish
- tillgänglig
15 more languages
- Greek
- διαθέσιμος diathésimos
- Vietnamese
- sẵn có
- Hungarian
- felhasználható
- Portuguese (PT)
- disponível
- Catalan
- disponible
- Danish
- tilgængelig
- Esperanto
- havebla
- Georgian
- ხელმისაწვდომი xelmisac̣vdomi
- Hebrew
- זָמִין zamín
- Icelandic
- laus
- Latvian
- pieejams
- Norwegian
- tilgjengeleg
- Romanian
- disponibil
- Serbo-Croatian
- raspoloživ
- Welsh
- ar gael
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
A·vail′a·ble (…), adjective
1. Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea. obsolete
Laws human are available by consent.— Richard Hooker
2. 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; as, an available measure; an available candidate.
Struggling to redeem, as he did, the available months and days out of so many that were unavailable.— Thomas Carlyle
Having no available funds with which to pay the calls on new shares.— H. Spenser.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54