- that you can get, buy or find
- available resources/data
- Most available evidence suggests that home-schooled children are getting a good education.
- Further details are available on request.
- We'll send you a copy as soon as it becomes available.
- We have plenty of office space available.
- The document is now commercially available in electronic form.
- readily/widely/freely/publicly available
- available from somebody/something Tickets are currently available at reduced prices from the festival office.
- available for something This data is still available for download on the company's website.
- available to somebody When will the information be made available to the public?
Extra Examples- Tickets are available free of charge from the school.
- This was the only room available.
- Every available doctor was called to the scene.
- Grants should be available for all students.
- He has $10 000 of immediately available funds.
- These products are only available for purchase online.
- The houses are built using locally available materials.
- The product will now be made available throughout the market.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
- …
- easily
- freely
- readily
- …
- for
- from
- to
- …
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- (of a person) free to see or talk to people
- Will she be available this afternoon?
- She is in a meeting at present, but I will let you know as soon as she becomes available.
- available to do something They'll be available to help every day next week.
- available for something The director was not available for comment.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- not available for comment
- (informal) (of a person) not currently involved in a sexual or romantic relationship
- the pool of available singles
- Do you think he's available?
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘effectual, serviceable’ and ‘legally valid’): from avail + -able. The sense ‘at someone's disposal’ dates from the early 19th cent.
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