avail
verb/əˈveɪl/
/əˈveɪl/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they avail | /əˈveɪl/ /əˈveɪl/ |
| he / she / it avails | /əˈveɪlz/ /əˈveɪlz/ |
| past simple availed | /əˈveɪld/ /əˈveɪld/ |
| past participle availed | /əˈveɪld/ /əˈveɪld/ |
| -ing form availing | /əˈveɪlɪŋ/ /əˈveɪlɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] avail somebody (something) | avail something (formal or old-fashioned) to be helpful or useful to somebody
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- [transitive, intransitive] (Indian English) to make use of something, especially an opportunity or offer
- avail something To avail all these benefits, just register online.
- avail of something Why not avail of our special offers?
Word OriginMiddle English: from obsolete vail ‘be of use or value’ (apparently on the pattern of pairs such as amount, mount), from Old French valoir, from Latin valere ‘be strong, be of value’.
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