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a·vail·a·ble
(ə-vā′lə-bəl)adj.
1. Present and ready for use; at hand; accessible: kept a fire extinguisher available at all times.
2. Capable of being gotten; obtainable: a bedspread available in three colors.
3. Qualified and willing to serve or assist: a list of available candidates; was not available for comment.
4.
a. Chemistry Capable of being used in a chemical reaction: available electrons.
b. Botany Present, as in soil, and capable of being used by plants as a nutrient: available water; available minerals.
a·vail′a·bil′i·ty, a·vail′a·ble·ness n.
a·vail′a·bly adv.
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Availability
- About as hard to get as lion shit in Africa —Stephen Longstreet
- Accessible as a candidate looking for another hand to shake —Mike Sommer
- Accessible as a hooker plying her trade —Anon
- As unattainable, as desirable, as beauty —Margaret Sutherland
See Also:DESIRABILITY
- (Drinks here) flow like cement —John Mortimer, Public Television series, “Paradise Postponed,” 1986
- Has been handed round like snuff at a wake —Ellen Currie
The descriptive frame of reference is a promiscuous girl.
- Inaccessible as time —Alice McDermott
In her novel, That Night, the author talks about old neighborhoods from which parents have moved away and now say “You can’t go there anymore” as if change made a place inaccessible as time.
- Laying around like pop-corn —Clifford Odets
Odets follows this up with “You think good boys are laying around like pop-corn?”
- Like an apple hanging on a tree, waiting for somebody to come along and pick it —Lee Smith
- Like Meissen china in a glass case, the admiration [for an appealing but inaccessible woman] had to be kept at a distance —Jilly Cooper
- Lived high up [in an apartment complex] … as accessible as a bald Rapunzel —William Mcllvanney
- Unobtainable as a taxi when it rains —Anon
- Untouchable as God —Erich Maria Remarque
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. |  availability - the quality of being at hand when neededconvenience - the quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the convenience of an installment plan" command - availability for use; "the materials at the command of the potters grew" print - availability in printed form; "we've got to get that story into print"; "his book is no longer in print" inaccessibility, unavailability - the quality of not being available when needed |
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availability
noun accessibility, readiness, handiness, attainability, obtainability the easy availability of guns
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
تَوَافُرتَوافُر، تَيَسُّـر، سُهولَة الحُصول عَلى
dostupnostpřístupnost
tilgængelighed
saadavus
saatavuus
dostupnost
fáanleiki
供給有用性
가용성
beschikbaarheidvoorhanden zijn
disponibilitate
dosiahnuteľnosťdostupnosť
tillgänglighet
มีผลใช้ได้
bulunma, mevcudiyethazır bulunmamevcut olma
sự sẵn có
availability
[əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ] N1. [of goods, tickets] → disponibilidad f
the high crime rate is due to the easy availability of guns → el alto índice de criminalidad se debe a la fácil disponibilidad de armas or a lo fácil que es conseguir armas
..., subject to availability (goods) → ..., siempre que haya existencias
the high crime rate is due to the easy availability of guns → el alto índice de criminalidad se debe a la fácil disponibilidad de armas or a lo fácil que es conseguir armas
..., subject to availability (goods) → ..., siempre que haya existencias
2. [of person] this depends on your availability for work → esto depende de si estás disponible para trabajar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
availability
[əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪti] n → disponibilité fthe availability of contraceptives → la disponibilité des contraceptifs
the availability of abortion
BUT l'accès à l'avortement.m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
availability
n (of object) → Erhältlichkeit f; (Comm) (from supplier also) → Lieferbarkeit f; (of stock) → Vorrätigkeit f; (of worker, means, resources) → Verfügbarkeit f; the market price is determined by availability → der Marktpreis richtet sich nach dem vorhandenen Angebot; because of the greater availability of their product … → weil ihr Produkt leichter erhältlich/lieferbar ist …; we’d like to sell you one, but it’s a question of availability → wir würden Ihnen gern eines verkaufen, das hängt aber davon ab, ob es erhältlich/lieferbar ist; offer subject to availability while stocks last → (das Angebot gilt) nur solange der Vorrat reicht; greater availability of jobs → größeres Stellenangebot; because of the limited availability of seats → weil nur eine begrenzte Anzahl an Plätzen zur Verfügung steht; to increase the availability of culture to the masses → breiteren Bevölkerungsschichten den Zugang zu Kultur erleichtern; his availability for discussion is, I’m afraid, determined by … → ob er Zeit für eine Besprechung hat, hängt leider von … ab
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
available
(əˈveiləbl) adjective able or ready to be used. The hall is available on Saturday night; All the available money has been used.
aˌvailaˈbility nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
availability
→ تَوَافُر dostupnost tilgængelighed Verfügbarkeit διαθεσιμότητα disponibilidad saatavuus disponibilité dostupnost disponibilità 有用性 가용성 beschikbaarheid tilgjengelighet dostępność disponibilidade доступность tillgänglighet มีผลใช้ได้ bulunma, mevcudiyet sự sẵn có 可用性Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
availability
n. disponibilidad, facilidad.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012