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avail
[uh-veyl]
verb (used with object)
to be of use or value to; profit; advantage.
All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
verb (used without object)
to be of use; have force or efficacy; serve; help.
His strength did not avail against the hostile onslaught.
to be of value or profit.
noun
advantage; use; efficacy; effective use in the achievement of a goal or objective.
His belated help will be of little or no avail.
Archaic.Ìýavails, profits or proceeds.
avail
/ əˈ±¹±ðɪ±ô /
verb
to be of use, advantage, profit, or assistance (to)
to make use of to one's advantage
noun
use or advantage (esp in the phrases of no avail, to little avail )
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- availingly adverb
- unavailed adjective
- ²¹Ëˆ±¹²¹¾±±ô¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â adverb
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of avail1
Idioms and Phrases
avail oneself of, to use to one's advantage.
They availed themselves of the opportunity to hear a free concert.
Example Sentences
Mayor Karen Bass have demanded a detente, but to no avail.
“There was this drumbeat, the final season, where journalists are reminding Emmy voters, ‘This is your last chance, please’†— to no avail.
When the child arrived at the hospital medical staff assumed life saving measures to no avail and she was pronounced dead, according to the medical examiner.
Outraged judicial employees staged disruptive street protests, but to no avail.
I made a few attempts to contact accounts using his full name via various social media channels, to no avail.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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