avail
pronunciation
How to pronounce avail in British English:
UK [əˈveɪl]
How to pronounce avail in American English:
US [əˈveɪl]
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- Noun:
- a means of serving
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- Verb:
- use to one's advantage
- be of use to, be useful to
- take or use
Word Origin
- avail
- avail: see value
- avail (v.)
- c. 1300, availen, apparently a French compound formed in English from Old French a- "to" (see ad-) + vailen "to avail," from vaill-, present stem of valoir "be worth," from Latin valere (see valiant). Related: Availed; availing. As a noun, from c. 1400.
Example
- 1. The evangelicals protested this action without avail .
- 2. The app accompanied a parody video news report , and the onion tried to convice apple that it fitted the bill , to no avail .
- 3. The counsel we got was of no avail .
- 4. They infused him with his brother 's healthy marrow cells , to no avail .
- 5. It will avail you little .