available

available

/əˈveɪləbl/

1 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?

Collocations

verbs

bebecomemake something…

adverb

easilyfreelyreadily…

preposition

forfromto…

2 (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.

Collocations

verbs

bebecome

phrases

not available for comment

3 ​(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 Origin

late 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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