availnoun [ U ]
uk/əˈveɪl/us/əˈveɪl/use, purpose, advantage, or profit:
We tried to persuade her not to resign, but to no avail (= did not succeed).
My attempts to improve the situation were of little/no avail.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Goals and purposes
- affordance
- aim
- ambition
- aspiration
- cause 1
- dedicated
- deliverable
- desire
- end
- object
- objective
- order
- orientation
- point
- poodle
- poodle around (sth)
- prize
- purpose
- should
- utility
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availverb [ T ]
uk/əˈveɪl/us/əˈveɪl/old use to help or be useful to someone or something:
Our efforts availed us nothing (= did not help).
Indian English to make use of something:
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Helping and co-operating
- a good/bad turn idiom
- abet
- aid
- assist
- assistance
- band
- bridge
- give sb a leg up idiom
- give/lend sb a helping hand idiom
- go a long way toward(s) doing sth idiom
- hang
- hang together
- platform
- reach
- run errands idiom
- scene
- see sb through sth
- share a platform idiom
- start sb off
- succour
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Phrasal verb(s)
avail yourself of sth