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Definition of avail verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

avail

verb
 
/əˈveɪl/
 
/əˈveɪl/
Verb Forms
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/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [transitive] avail somebody (something) | avail something (formal or old-fashioned) to be helpful or useful to somebody
  2. [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?
  3. 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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