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{
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{
"word": "disavail"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "available"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "disavail"
}
],
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{
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"2": "enm",
"3": "availen",
"4": "",
"5": "to be of use"
},
"expansion": "Middle English availen (“to be of use”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "fro",
"3": "a",
"4": "",
"5": "to"
},
"expansion": "Old French a (“to”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "vail"
},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "valoir",
"3": "",
"4": "to be worth"
},
"expansion": "valoir (“to be worth”)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "valere",
"3": "",
"4": "to be worthy, strong"
},
"expansion": "valere (“to be worthy, strong”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English availen (“to be of use”), from Old French a (“to”) + vail from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valere (“to be worthy, strong”).",
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{
"form": "avails",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "availing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "availed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "availed",
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"past"
]
}
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "availability"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "availingly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "unavailable"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "unavailing"
}
],
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I availed myself of the opportunity.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2021 July 25, Stephen Burgen, “Departures at high-profile Barcelona museum provoke anger in art world”, in The Observer, →ISSN",
"text": "It asserts that the museum has clear protocols for dealing with any form of discrimination or discontent, which it says [Tanya] Barson never availed herself of, […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To turn to the advantage of."
],
"id": "en-avail-en-verb-YhZmIPHC",
"links": [
[
"advantage",
"advantage"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of."
],
"tags": [
"often",
"reflexive",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ōgtvel",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "օգտվել"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ōgut kʿaġel",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "օգուտ քաղել"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pomagam",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "помагам"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podpomagam",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "подпомагам"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ot polza sǎm",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "от полза съм"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "profiteren"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "grijpen"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "hyödyntää"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "käyttää hyväkseen"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "profiter"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "saisir"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "ausnutzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "avvalersi"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "iskóristi",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "иско́ристи"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "valer-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "aproveitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vospólʹzovatʹsja",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "воспо́льзоваться"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ispólʹzovatʹ",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "испо́льзовать"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "valjati"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "aprovechar"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 0 3 9 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to turn to the advantage of",
"word": "nyttja"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be of service to."
],
"id": "en-avail-en-verb-DvFYFNTs",
"links": [
[
"service",
"service"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To be of service to."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "npastel",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "նպաստել"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ōgnel",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "օգնել"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "služa",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "служа"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "posluža",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "послужа"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "doprinasjam",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "допринасям"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "doprinesa",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "допринеса"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "dienen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "hyödyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "auttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "helfen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "nützen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "slúži",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "слу́жи"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "adiantar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "valer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomogátʹ",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "помога́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pomóčʹ",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "помо́чь"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinosítʹ pólʹzu",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приноси́ть по́льзу"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be of service to",
"word": "servir"
}
]
},
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"To promote; to assist."
],
"id": "en-avail-en-verb-P~NCrQPb",
"links": [
[
"promote",
"promote"
],
[
"assist",
"assist"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To promote; to assist."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 2 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "npastel",
"sense": "to promote; to assist",
"word": "նպաստել"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pomagam",
"sense": "to promote; to assist",
"word": "помагам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pomogna",
"sense": "to promote; to assist",
"word": "помогна"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podpomagam",
"sense": "to promote; to assist",
"word": "подпомагам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podpomogna",
"sense": "to promote; to assist",
"word": "подпомогна"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to promote; to assist",
"word": "bevorderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to promote; to assist",
"word": "edistää"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 2 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pómogne",
"sense": "to promote; to assist",
"word": "по́могне"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 2 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pómaga",
"sense": "to promote; to assist",
"word": "по́мага"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 93 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sodéjstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to promote; to assist",
"word": "соде́йствовать"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The plea in court must avail.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "This scheme will not avail.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Medicines will not avail to halt the disease.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1713, Alexander Pope, The Wife of Bath Her Prologue, translation of original by Geoffrey Chaucer",
"text": "All of this avail’d not, for whoe’er he be\nThat tells my faults, I hate him mortally; […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1817, Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy",
"text": "Words avail very little with me, young man.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object."
],
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"links": [
[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"purpose",
"purpose"
],
[
"efficacy",
"efficacy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "African English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Indian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "You can avail discounts on food.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2004 November 16, Nik Ogbulie, “Decongesting the Banking Floors”, in This Day, archived from the original on 2009-01-22",
"text": "With this initiative, Valucard becomes an open system that is not limited to point of sale (POS) transactions, but now avails cash to its holders in various locations nationwide.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Shilpa Vishwas Date, Jyoti Rokade, Vidya Mule, Shreedher Dandapannavar, “Female sterilization failure: Review over a decade and its clinicopathological correlation”, in International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research, number 4(2), →DOI, pages 81–85",
"text": "Over 85.3% of all persons who have adopted this method of contraception availed this service from government facilities.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To provide; to make available; to use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource)."
],
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"links": [
[
"provide",
"provide"
],
[
"available",
"available"
],
[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"take advantage",
"take advantage"
]
],
"qualifier": "elsewhere proscribed",
"raw_glosses": [
"(India, Africa, elsewhere proscribed) To provide; to make available; to use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource)."
],
"tags": [
"Africa",
"India"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/əˈveɪl/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪl"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
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],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "5 0 3 49 43",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ōgnel",
"sense": "to be of use (intransitive)",
"word": "օգնել"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 3 49 43",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ōgut berel",
"sense": "to be of use (intransitive)",
"word": "օգուտ բերել"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 3 49 43",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ot polza sǎm",
"sense": "to be of use (intransitive)",
"word": "от полза съм"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 3 49 43",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pomagam",
"sense": "to be of use (intransitive)",
"word": "помагам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 3 49 43",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pomogna",
"sense": "to be of use (intransitive)",
"word": "помогна"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 3 49 43",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be of use (intransitive)",
"word": "baten"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 3 49 43",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be of use (intransitive)",
"word": "onnistua"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 3 49 43",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be of use (intransitive)",
"word": "hyödyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 3 49 43",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pómogne",
"sense": "to be of use (intransitive)",
"word": "по́могне"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 3 49 43",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be of use (intransitive)",
"word": "adiantar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 3 49 43",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bytʹ poléznym",
"sense": "to be of use (intransitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "быть поле́зным"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 3 49 43",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be of use (intransitive)",
"word": "duga"
}
],
"word": "avail"
}
{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "to little avail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "to no avail"
}
],
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"4": "",
"5": "to be of use"
},
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"name": "inh"
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"4": "",
"5": "to"
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"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
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"3": "",
"4": "to be worth"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "valere",
"3": "",
"4": "to be worthy, strong"
},
"expansion": "valere (“to be worthy, strong”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English availen (“to be of use”), from Old French a (“to”) + vail from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valere (“to be worthy, strong”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "avails",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
"text": "I tried fixing it, to no avail",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Labor, without economy, is of little avail.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian",
"text": "At half-time, Poyet replaced Wes Brown with Liam Bridcutt in the heart of defence and sent out the rest of the players to atone for their first-half mistakes. To no avail.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions)."
],
"id": "en-avail-en-noun-B-nDyqHr",
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[
"Effect",
"effect"
],
[
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],
[
"use",
"use"
]
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"sense": "benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Erfolg"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kórist",
"sense": "benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ко́рист"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ḱar",
"sense": "benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ќар"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pólza",
"sense": "benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "по́лза"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success",
"word": "nytte"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fâyede",
"sense": "benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success",
"word": "فایده"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "valia"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pečalba",
"sense": "proceeds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "печалба"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sredstva",
"sense": "proceeds",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "средства"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "proceeds",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "tulot"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "proceeds",
"word": "tuotto"
}
],
"word": "avail"
}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "availen",
"4": "",
"5": "to be of use"
},
"expansion": "Middle English availen (“to be of use”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "fro",
"3": "a",
"4": "",
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "vail"
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"name": "m"
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{
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"2": "valoir",
"3": "",
"4": "to be worth"
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "valere",
"3": "",
"4": "to be worthy, strong"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English availen (“to be of use”), from Old French a (“to”) + vail from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valere (“to be worthy, strong”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more avail",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most avail",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-adj"
}
],
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"pos": "adj",
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{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "available"
}
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"categories": [
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"English colloquialisms",
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2020 July 20, Salvador Hernandez, “Former Fox News Anchor Ed Henry Has Been Accused Of Rape And Sexual Harassment In A New Lawsuit”, in BuzzFeed News, archived from the original on 2023-07-16",
"text": "In another incident, Henry allegedly sent Areu a video titled \"Fastest interview\" in which a woman flashes her vagina to a man during a job interview and then immediately receives a job offer. Henry allegedly followed up the video by texting Areu, \"Are you avail for anchor interview.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 January 9, Sarah Galli, “Jen Shah's Prison Sentencing Was Like Another BravoCon—And Housewives Fans Are Conflicted”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 2023-03-31",
"text": "Bravoholic NYC resident Trace Bechter, who attended the sentencing, disagreed with Stein's understanding of Housewives as purely scripted entertainment. \"I thought, that can't be true, because if this current season of RHOSLC was written, we need completely new scriptwriters.\" (Bravo, I'm avail.)",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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"available#English"
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"(colloquial) Clipping of available."
],
"tags": [
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}
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{
"ipa": "/əˈveɪl/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪl"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/En-us-avail.ogg/En-us-avail.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/En-us-avail.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/En-au-avail.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
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