availablea‧vail‧a‧ble /əˈveɪləbəl/ ●●● S1 W1 AWL adjective 
Tickets are available from the box office.available to Not enough data is available to scientists.available to do something Funds are available to assist teachers who want to attend the conference.available for No figures are available for the number of goods sold.available in There are plenty of jobs available in the area.readily/widely available (=very easy to obtain) Parking is readily available near the station entrance. Meetings were held to update employees as soon as new information became available. Further building can continue when money is made available. Every available space on the wall was covered in pictures.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that a book, record etc is out rather than available:· His new album is out now.2[not before noun] someone who is available is not busy and has enough time to talk to you: Collins was not available for comment on Thursday night.3someone who is available does not have a wife, boyfriend etc, and therefore may want to start a new romantic relationship with someone elseCOLLOCATIONSverbsbecome available· Luckily a house soon became available for us.make something available· With the Internet it is possible to make learning available wherever it is needed.adverbsbe easily/readily/freely available (=easy to get)· The material used was cheap and readily available.be widely available (=available in many places)· Organic food is now widely available.adjectivesthe best available· We use the best available technology.phrasesthe only available something· One small tree was the only available protection from the sun.the nearest available something· Ruth sat down in the nearest available armchair.every available something· You should practise speaking the language at every available opportunity.THESAURUSavailable if something is available, you can buy it, get it, or use it: · Are there any tickets still available for Saturday?· There’s no room for more books – we’ve used up all the available space.free if a seat or room is free, it is not being used by anyone: · Excuse me, is this seat free?· The hotel never has any free rooms over the Christmas period.vacant if a house or room is vacant, it is available for someone to use or rent: · If you’re looking for somewhere to rent, I think there’s a vacant apartment in my building.· I’ll ask around and see if there’s a room vacant somewhere.· The sign on the toilet said ‘vacant’.spare a spare room, key, tyre etc is one that you have in addition to the ones that you normally use, and is therefore available to be used: · We have a spare room you can stay in.· There’s a spare key in this drawer.· I got the spare tyre out of the back of the car.empty an empty room, building etc has no one in it: · The house was empty for two months before it was sold.· They have three empty rooms now that the kids have moved out.on offer if something is on offer, it is available for people to choose from: · There is a huge network of cycle tracks on offer.· Other facilities on offer in this excellent hotel include a hairdressing salon, a coffee shop, and a children's play room.· the variety of delicious fruits on offertaken [not before noun] if a seat or room is taken, it is not available for other people to use, because someone has already arranged to use it: · I’m sorry – that seat is taken.· I’m afraid all our rooms are taken at the moment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Do you have a room available for this weekend?
- Drugs like heroin are readily available on the streets.
- Grants are available to students who have high grades.
- Houses were being built on every available plot of land.
- More money may become available later in the year.
- Most of the staff is away today so you'll have to use whoever is available.
- None of the witnesses were available for comment.
- The mayor was not available for comment.
- The publication is available from the U.S. department of Agriculture.
- There's no room for more books - we've used up all the available space.
- These statistics are never sold or made available to the public.
- This program will take up a lot of your available disk space.
- Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster locations.
- Use whatever seasonal vegetables are available.
- We've used up all the available space.
- We need someone to work on this job immediately. Who's available?
- Also available would be cash from dividends of the stocks the funds hold, usually a small amount.
- Copies are available in the Vote Office.
- Such techniques are not available to middle-class families with modest savings, or to small business owners holding long-term capital gains.
- The more directly comprehensible parts of the Challenger's programme were thus made available to the public at a provisional stage.
THESAURUS
if something is available, you can buy it, get it, or use it: · Are there any tickets still available for Saturday?· There’s no room for more books – we’ve used up all the available space.
if a seat or room is free, it is not being used by anyone: · Excuse me, is this seat free?· The hotel never has any free rooms over the Christmas period.
if a house or room is vacant, it is available for someone to use or rent: · If you’re looking for somewhere to rent, I think there’s a vacant apartment in my building.· I’ll ask around and see if there’s a room vacant somewhere.· The sign on the toilet said ‘vacant’.
a spare room, key, tyre etc is one that you have in addition to the ones that you normally use, and is therefore available to be used: · We have a spare room you can stay in.· There’s a spare key in this drawer.· I got the spare tyre out of the back of the car.
an empty room, building etc has no one in it: · The house was empty for two months before it was sold.· They have three empty rooms now that the kids have moved out.
if something is on offer, it is available for people to choose from: · There is a huge network of cycle tracks on offer.· Other facilities on offer in this excellent hotel include a hairdressing salon, a coffee shop, and a children's play room.· the variety of delicious fruits on offer
[not before noun] if a seat or room is taken, it is not available for other people to use, because someone has already arranged to use it: · I’m sorry – that seat is taken.· I’m afraid all our rooms are taken at the moment.
Longman Language Activatoravailable for someone to have or use if something is available , you can get it, buy it, or use it: · There's no room for more books - we've used up all the available space.available to: · Grants are available to students who have high grades.available from: · The publication is available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.available at/in: · Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster locations.have something available: · Do you have a room available for this weekend?readily/freely available (=very easy to get): · Drugs like heroin are readily available on the streets.make something available: · These statistics are never sold or made available to the public.
a room or seat that is free is not being used by anyone now, and no one has asked for it to be kept for them to use later: · Is this chair free?· The only free seats on the train were in a smoking compartment.have something free: · The hotel never has any rooms free over the Christmas period.
something that is spare is not being used now, but it can be used if someone needs it: · I need 50 cents for the parking meter - do you have any spare change?· We're using the spare bedroom as a storage space.· a spare tyre
something such as a room or seat that is empty has no one using it at the moment and is therefore available for someone else to use: · They have three empty rooms now that the kids have moved out.· I think there's an empty seat in the back row.· The house was empty for two months before it was sold.
a building, home, room, or office that is vacant is available because it is not owned or rented by anyone: · There don't seem to be any vacant rooms in the whole of London!· If you're looking for somewhere to rent, I think there's a vacant apartment in my building.· Of the buildings the company owns, only 3% are vacant.
something that is to be had or to be found is available to anyone who knows where to get it from: · When no work was to be had, he borrowed money from friends.· We looked all over, but there were no fast food restaurants to be found.· She knew of a place where designer clothes were to be had at bargain prices.
British informal if something is going , it is available for anyone who wants it: · Is there any more wine going?· There aren't many jobs going in this part of the country.
if something is at your disposal , someone has provided it for you to use whenever you want or in any way that you want: · We have ample money at our disposal to do this job right.· A limousine and driver were put at her disposal for the entire week.
informal if something that you like or enjoy is on tap , it is available to you all the time so that you can have it whenever you want it: · It's a great place for a rest: food, music, alcohol - everything's on tap.· Some three hundred free outdoor shows are on tap during the weekend festival.
when a job is available not being done by anyone at the moment and therefore available: · Our company only has one or two vacant positions at the moment.· When the post became vacant it was offered to Wendy Brooks.fall vacant (=become vacant) British: · He applied for the job of Eliot's personal secretary, which had just fallen vacant.
an available job: · There are over 3 million people unemployed and only 400,000 vacancies.· I'm sorry, the firm has no vacancies at the moment.fill a vacancy: · Barnhart will fill a vacancy on the Planning Commission.
a job that is open , especially a job that needs a lot of skill, is still available because it has not yet been given to anyone else: · Is that job you told me about last week still open?open to: · The position is open to graduates in any subject.come open: · When the job finally came open, I was the first to apply.
an available job: · I was wondering if there were any job openings at your company.fill an opening: · We expect to fill most of the openings through internal promotion.
a job or position that is unfilled is available because an employer has not yet decided who should do it, or cannot find someone suitable for it: · About 13,000 of the unfilled positions are for software engineers.· It's hard to understand the unemployment figures when so many jobs go unfilled.
when someone is not busy and is available to do something someone who is available is not doing anything now and is therefore available to do something, especially a piece of work for someone else: · We need someone to work on this job immediately. Who's available?· Most of the staff is away today so you'll have to use whoever is available.· None of the witnesses were available for comment.
someone who is free is available because they are not doing anything now or have finished what they were doing: · I'll be free in about five minutes. Can you wait?free to do something: · Are you free to talk for a couple of minutes?
an amount of something that you have available to use · More donors are needed as blood supplies run low.supply of · The supermarket donated a year's supply of groceries to one needy family.
an amount of something that you keep and can use when you need to: · The government has said it has no need for chemical weapons and will destroy its stocks entirely.stock of: · Jodie always had a large stock of brandy in her cupboard.
an amount of money, goods etc that a country or organization has available to be used if they are needed: · The government has exhausted almost all its foreign currency reserves.reserves of: · Kuwait has large reserves of oil.
an amount or number of workers, cars, money etc that can be shared or used by a number of people: · Most countries have a pool of surplus labour.· There is a much smaller pool of houses to rent than there used to be.
when something is not available · She took a temporary job because a permanent job was not available.· In many Russian cities basic foodstuffs are unavailable.unavailable/not available to · This type of diet pill should be made unavailable to minors.
goods or products that are unobtainable are impossible to get or buy: · Fresh fruit is unobtainable at certain times of the year.· Good apartments to rent had become almost unobtainable.
if something that you really want is not to be had or not to be found you know it is not available at all because you have tried to get it everywhere: · At the moment warm woollen socks are not to be found anywhere in Bucharest.· Good legal advice is simply not to be had because of the shortage of lawyers.
if something such as a seat, room, or place is taken , someone has already arranged to use it and it is not available for other people to use: · I'm sorry - that seat is taken.
busy when you cannot do something because you have already arranged to do something else: · "Can I speak to Nigel?" "I'm sorry, he's busy right now. Can he call you back later?"· I kept asking her to come out for a drink but for some reason she was always busy.
British spoken to have already arranged to do something, for example to meet someone or to go to a party, so that you are unable to do something else that someone has invited you to do: · Do you have anything on Saturday night?· If you're not doing anything tomorrow, you could come to the beach with us.
if you are told that someone is not available when you ask to see them or to speak to them on the telephone, you cannot see them or speak to them because they are busy doing something else: · I'm sorry, Mrs Evans isn't available at the moment. Shall I get her to call you back?
formal to have already made a definite arrangement to do something, so that you cannot do something else -- used especially when you are replying to an invitation: · I'll just check her diary, she may have a prior engagement.· Mr Lewis regrets that he is unable to attend, owing to a previous engagement.
to be busy in your job, for example because you have a lot of work to do or you have an important meeting, and therefore unable to do anything else: · I'm sorry, he's tied up at the moment. Could you call back later?· I can't see you tomorrow, I'm tied up all day.
something that can be used something that is available can be used, for example because no one else is using it or it is not being used for anything else: · This program will take up a lot of your available disk space.every available: · Houses were being built on every available plot of land.whatever is available: · Use whatever seasonal vegetables are available.
use this about a chair, room, table etc that you can use because no-one else is using it: · The office next door is free if you need somewhere to work.· There's just one free table, over there in the corner.
something that is usable can be used, because it works well or because it has been made ready for use: · I know the bicycle's old, but it's still usable.· The refinery turns crude oil into usable products such as gas and tar.· The program has some nice features that make it more usable than most.
if a ticket, passport etc is valid , you can legally use it and it will be officially accepted.: · Do you have a valid driver's license?valid for: · Your ticket is valid for travel at any time of the day.valid for 10 years/two months/one week etc: · My passport is valid for 10 years.
a current official document has not yet reached the date after which it can no longer be used: · Acceptable forms of ID include a current passport or a birth certificate.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs The castle is easily accessible by road. It could be five years before the drug is generally available. The range of courses presently available has grown. Boats are readily available to visitors.
· Luckily a house soon became available for us.
· With the Internet it is possible to make learning available wherever it is needed.
adverbs (=easy to get)· The material used was cheap and readily available.
(=available in many places)· Organic food is now widely available.
adjectives· We use the best available technology.
phrases· One small tree was the only available protection from the sun.
· Ruth sat down in the nearest available armchair.
· You should practise speaking the language at every available opportunity.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· The tuition we offer here is the best available.
The castle is easily accessible by road. It could be five years before the drug is generally available. (=a particular choice is available to someone)· Giving a prison sentence is only one of the options open to the judge.
The range of courses presently available has grown. Boats are readily available to visitors.· The aim was to make use of all available resources.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Sheets and mattress protectors are also available, if you have problems during the night.· They are also available pickled in cans.· Accessories are also available from me including Black Ada diggers.· Preand post tour packages to New Orleans are also available.· Discounts on selected U.W.F. items is also available to supporters.· In addition to the plain all-butter version, a chocolate-filled version is also available.· Opportunities for research in translation at higher levels are also available.· Swimming is also available at the Lido, where there is a large sand beach, and at the swimming pool.
· Only limited taxation relief is currently available on these costs.· It's largely for this reason that most researchers are not enthusiastic about all the eye care dietary supplements currently available.· And pictured right is Magnet's stunning new Walnut kitchen - currently available in selected stores only.· It has many advantages over the currently available regimens.· Clearly, the existing technologies are a limitation and multimedia must temporarily be constrained by the platforms currently available to deliver it.· The great range of taped music currently available adds today's modern sounds and brings another dimension to the class.· In that way housing associations could immediately buy up many of the surplus properties that are currently available on the housing market.· A new booklet Guidance for Students with Special Needs is currently available from the above address.
· Information on services easily available. 9.· And opportunities to bet on the stock market have become far more easily available.· The materials used to build villas varied according to what was easily available nearby.· When they become rich and prominent, they find women easily available.· It made the annual holiday more easily available to millions.· Acceptable use policies of non-ISPs are published and are usually easily available in the network information service centers of the target network.· Clearly, this must be the case so long as it remains the only easily available platform for interactive multimedia.· These are matters well known to everybody, with the details easily available in any basic biology book.
· Good relations between partners depend on their sharing equally the work and making their findings freely available to each other.· Nine items that a freely available on both sides of the channel.· She says the files she looked at weren't confidential and were freely available for consultation by any senior member of staff.· Now that facilities will be freely available and not the subject of constant negotiation we hope that even more undergraduates will participate.· Services such as cooking, laundry and the education of children are freely available to all.· Meanwhile the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has said that it is making its course materials freely available on the internet.· The means of power and decision-making in the decentralized authority are made freely available to non-state agencies and other organized interest groups.· New, visa and bureaucracy-free passports, are not yet freely available.
· These shears are not generally available to the public, so take this opportunity to acquire a pair now.· The older works listed first are still widely read and most are generally available in both hardcover and paperback.· Instead of being a development of an inherent or generally available faculty, it is a specialized technique wholly dependent on specific training.· But such devices were not yet generally accepted, and would not be-come generally available for another fifty years.· The first SBus solution supporting distributed voice processing applications, it will be generally available by June following a May beta.· Posters and leaflets are generally available from Headquarters.· Some products will benefit from being generally available for photography or for legitimate testing.· The final versions of these will be generally available soon.
· Opinions differ about the breadth of opportunities now available.· A great many studies are now available.· The arguments that are now available to justify the use of particular methods are much more convincing than they used to be.· Abbott labs has begun testing a protease inhibitor designed to be five times more powerful than those now available.· Their legacy may not survive the new system of classification now available in the National Curriculum.· Unwelcome surprise Still, the personal information now available on the Internet is an unwelcome surprise for many.· Francis Beckett's highly praised biography is now available in paperback for the first time.
· Supplies are still limited, despite the growing demand, and it is only available from selected stores.· But that meant sometimes passing over more telling data only available for states and the nation.· The method is only available for use with virtual storage systems, and offers access to records in three ways.· Black Entertainment Television, though only available through cable services, reaches about 40 million homes.· The procedure is only available for proposed and not completed mergers and the merger proposal must have been made public.· This special offer price includes post and packing and is only available until the end of August.· Exemptions are only available if four requirements, two positive and two negative, are fulfilled.· Assistance is only available to those who are able to bring relevant proceedings to court in their own right.
· Supporting arrangements are rarely readily available.· Figures for Steve Forbes were not readily available.· Nothing so readily available was worth having, not even women as beautiful as ... The breath caught in his throat.· This sheet should be readily available in each Group and need not be obtained from Finance.· One was effective and readily available from commercial breeders.· Or if your pride and joy 80 inch needs new swivel hubs, these are readily available.· Low octane petrol is readily available almost everywhere, while paraffin is widely used in the third world.· The two heatsinks for the Darlington transistor and diode D1 should also be readily available.
· This information was made widely available by Mining Awareness.· Jalapefio: The most widely available hot chili, jalapenos can be either green or red.· Health education and nutritional information are widely available to everyone.· Shopping for Quail Quail, one of the most widely available of all game birds, are stocked in many poultry departments.· Courses and workshops on the topic are widely available.· Birth control devices and information had never been widely available, and now they all but disappeared.· Interpet products are widely available in the aquatic trade, in case of difficulty contact Another internal power filter comes to us from Eheim.· On the Rebound Since caffeine is relatively inexpensive and widely available, the dose escalation induced by tolerance is seldom burdensome.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Contraceptives are freely available without prescription in pharmacies.
- Good relations between partners depend on their sharing equally the work and making their findings freely available to each other.
- It's freely available on the Internet and used as the core of many ISPs' Windows 3.x bundles.
- Nine items that a freely available on both sides of the channel.
- Now that facilities will be freely available and not the subject of constant negotiation we hope that even more undergraduates will participate.
- Services such as cooking, laundry and the education of children are freely available to all.
- She says the files she looked at weren't confidential and were freely available for consultation by any senior member of staff.
- The office facilities which include a duplicator and photocopier are freely available. 4.
- There is no need to have any security inquiry into that document because it uses published, freely available sources.
WORD FAMILYnounavailabilityadjectiveavailable ≠ unavailable
1something that is available is able to be used or can easily be bought or found: Tickets are available from the box office.available to Not enough data is available to scientists.available to do something Funds are available to assist teachers who want to attend the conference.available for No figures are available for the number of goods sold.available in There are plenty of jobs available in the area.readily/widely available (=very easy to obtain) Parking is readily available near the station entrance. Meetings were held to update employees as soon as new information became available. Further building can continue when money is made available. Every available space on the wall was covered in pictures.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that a book, record etc is out rather than available:· His new album is out now.2[not before noun] someone who is available is not busy and has enough time to talk to you: Collins was not available for comment on Thursday night.3someone who is available does not have a wife, boyfriend etc, and therefore may want to start a new romantic relationship with someone elseCOLLOCATIONSverbsbecome available· Luckily a house soon became available for us.make something available· With the Internet it is possible to make learning available wherever it is needed.adverbsbe easily/readily/freely available (=easy to get)· The material used was cheap and readily available.be widely available (=available in many places)· Organic food is now widely available.adjectivesthe best available· We use the best available technology.phrasesthe only available something· One small tree was the only available protection from the sun.the nearest available something· Ruth sat down in the nearest available armchair.every available something· You should practise speaking the language at every available opportunity.THESAURUSavailable if something is available, you can buy it, get it, or use it: · Are there any tickets still available for Saturday?· There’s no room for more books – we’ve used up all the available space.free if a seat or room is free, it is not being used by anyone: · Excuse me, is this seat free?· The hotel never has any free rooms over the Christmas period.vacant if a house or room is vacant, it is available for someone to use or rent: · If you’re looking for somewhere to rent, I think there’s a vacant apartment in my building.· I’ll ask around and see if there’s a room vacant somewhere.· The sign on the toilet said ‘vacant’.spare a spare room, key, tyre etc is one that you have in addition to the ones that you normally use, and is therefore available to be used: · We have a spare room you can stay in.· There’s a spare key in this drawer.· I got the spare tyre out of the back of the car.empty an empty room, building etc has no one in it: · The house was empty for two months before it was sold.· They have three empty rooms now that the kids have moved out.on offer if something is on offer, it is available for people to choose from: · There is a huge network of cycle tracks on offer.· Other facilities on offer in this excellent hotel include a hairdressing salon, a coffee shop, and a children's play room.· the variety of delicious fruits on offertaken [not before noun] if a seat or room is taken, it is not available for other people to use, because someone has already arranged to use it: · I’m sorry – that seat is taken.· I’m afraid all our rooms are taken at the moment.