available

English

Etymology

From Middle English available, avayllable, avayleable, equivalent of avail +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈveɪləb(ə)l/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

available (comparative more available, superlative most available)

1. Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.

   We have an available candidate.

   • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

     For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.

2. Readily obtainable.

   The list shows the available products in the store.

3. (law) Valid.

   This is an available plea.

4. (archaic) Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy to achieve the purpose; availing, effective.
   • 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 22:

     One thing however, I finally settled upon—and that was, if I ever did meet him that I would shoot him precisely as I would shoot a mad dog. In order to make this plan available, I had […] armed myself with a revolver.

   • 1897, Henry Banroft, Proceedings - Institution of Mechanical Engineers, canal Boat Propulsion:

     The different navigations she had to pass through for this purpose were such that only an independent method of propulsion would be available.

5. Free to meet someone, speak on the telephone, enter a romantic relationship, or the like.

   I have a question for you when you're available.

   Hi, this is Mark Smith calling. Is your mother available?

   I asked her if she was available, but she said she had a boyfriend.

   • 2024 July 28, Matthew Futterman, “Steven van de Velde brings yet another moral hazard to the Olympics”, in nytimes.com‎^[1]:

     Van de Velde did not make himself available to journalists. “He wants to rest his mind,” Immers explained.

Synonyms

• (such as can be availed of): usable, profitable, advantageous; vacant (of a location)
• (readily obtainable): gettable, on offer
• (legally valid): valid

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “such as can be availed of”): unavailable
• (antonym(s) of “free to enter a relationship”): taken

Derived terms

• availability
• availableness
• availably
• bioavailable
• bio-available
• geoavailable
• inavailable
• interavailable
• nonavailable
• phytoavailable
• reavailable
• re-available
• unavailable

Expressions

• available energy
• available light
• available seat-mile
• available ton mile
• source-available

 

Translations

capable of being used

• Arabic: مُتَاح (ar) (mutāḥ)

  Egyptian Arabic: متوفّر (metwɑffɑr)

• Armenian: առկա (hy) (aṙka)
• Azerbaijani: uyğun (az), istifadəyə hazır, mövcud (az)
• Belarusian: дасту́пны (be) (dastúpny), ная́ўны (najáŭny)
• Bulgarian: годен (bg) (goden), полезен (bg) (polezen)
• Catalan: disponible (ca)
• Coptic: `ⲛϣⲁϣⲛⲓ (`nšašni)
• Czech: k dispozici
• Danish: tilgængelig (da)
• Dutch: beschikbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: preta (eo), uzebla, disponebla
• Finnish: käytettävissä oleva, saatavilla oleva, käsillä oleva
• French: disponible (fr)
• Galician: dispoñible (gl)
• Georgian: ხელმისაწვდომი (xelmisac̣vdomi)
• German: verfügbar (de), disponibel (de), abkömmlich (de), tauglich (de)
• Greek: διαθέσιμος (el) (diathésimos)
• Hebrew: זָמִין (zamín), פָּנוּי (panúy)
• Hindi: उपलब्ध (hi) (uplabdh)
• Hungarian: rendelkezésre áll(ó) (hu), hozzáférhető (hu), igénybe vehető (hu), felhasználható (hu)
• Icelandic: laus (is)
• Irish: ar fáil, infhaighte, le fáil
• Italian: disponibile (it)
• Latin: parābilis
• Lithuanian: pasiekiamas (lt), prieinamas (lt)
• Malayalam: ലഭ്യം (ml) (labhyaṁ)
• Marathi: उपलब्ध (uplabdha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilgjengelig (no)

  Nynorsk: tilgjengeleg

• Persian: مهیا (fa) (mohayyā)
• Polish: wolny (pl)
• Portuguese: disponível (pt)
• Romanian: disponibil (ro)
• Russian: досту́пный (ru) (dostúpnyj), нали́чный (ru) (nalíčnyj), (име́ющийся) в распоряже́нии (ru) ((iméjuščijsja) v rasporjažénii), (име́ющийся) в нали́чии (ru) ((iméjuščijsja) v nalíčii), подходя́щий (ru) (podxodjáščij), го́дный (ru) (gódnyj), приго́дный (ru) (prigódnyj)
• Spanish: disponible (es)
• Swedish: tillgänglig (sv)
• Tagalog: lagap
• Turkish: var (tr), mevcut (tr), kullanıma hazır
• Ukrainian: досту́пний (dostúpnyj), наявний (uk) (najavnyj)
• West Frisian: beskikber

readily obtainable

• Arabic: مُتَاح (ar) (mutāḥ)
• Armenian: հասանելի (hy) (hasaneli)
• Belarusian: дасту́пны (be) (dastúpny), ная́ўны (najáŭny)
• Bulgarian: наличен (bg) (naličen), разполагаем (bg) (razpolagaem)
• Catalan: disponible (ca)
• Czech: dostupný (cs)
• Danish: tilgængelig (da)
• Dutch: beschikbaar (nl), voorhanden (nl)
• Esperanto: havebla, akirebla
• Finnish: saatavilla oleva, saatavissa oleva
• French: disponible (fr)
• Galician: dispoñible (gl)
• Georgian: ხელმისაწვდომი (xelmisac̣vdomi), ხელთარსებული (xeltarsebuli)
• German: verfügbar (de), disponibel (de), erhältlich (de)
• Greek: διαθέσιμος (el) (diathésimos)
• Hebrew: זָמִין (zamín)
• Hungarian: kapható (hu), beszerezhető (hu), elérhető (hu)
• Irish: infhaighte, ar fáil, le fáil
• Italian: disponibile (it)
• Japanese: 手に入る (te ni hairu)
• Ladino: disponivle
• Latin: promptus
• Malayalam: ലഭ്യം (ml) (labhyaṁ)
• Marathi: उपलब्ध (uplabdha)
• Ngazidja Comorian: tayari
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilgjengelig (no)

  Nynorsk: tilgjengeleg

• Persian: در دسترس (fa) (dar dastres)
• Polish: dostępny (pl)
• Portuguese: disponível (pt)
• Romanian: disponibil (ro), procurabil
• Russian: досту́пный (ru) (dostúpnyj), нали́чный (ru) (nalíčnyj), (име́ющийся) в распоряже́нии (ru) ((iméjuščijsja) v rasporjažénii), (име́ющийся) в нали́чии (ru) ((iméjuščijsja) v nalíčii)
• Spanish: disponible (es)
• Swedish: tillgänglig (sv)
• Tagalog: lagap
• Ukrainian: досту́пний (dostúpnyj)
• West Frisian: beskikber, foarhannen

law: valid — see also valid

• Bulgarian: валиден (bg) (validen)
• Czech: platný (cs)
• Esperanto: valida
• Finnish: lainvoimainen (fi), validi (fi)
• German: gültig (de)
• Hungarian: érvényes (hu)
• Portuguese: válido (pt)
• Russian: действи́тельный (ru) (dejstvítelʹnyj), правомо́чный (ru) (pravomóčnyj)

having sufficient power or efficacy

• Finnish: kelvollinen (fi); (to be valid) tulla kysymykseen, kelvata (fi)
• German: auskömmlich
• Hungarian: szóba jöhet(ő), elfogadható (hu), kielégítő (hu)
• Portuguese: válido (pt)

free to meet someone, speak on the telephone, enter a romantic relationship or the like

• Georgian: თავისუფალი (tavisupali)
• Hungarian: szabad (hu), elérhető (hu), rendelkezésre áll(ó) (hu), ráér (hu)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} gültig (de)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} valido (it)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 유효한 (yuhyohan)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} berdest (ku)

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} valid (ro)