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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AVA'ILABLE, a.
1. Profitable; advantageous; having efficacy; as, a measure is more or less available.
2. Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy,for the object; valid; as an available plea.
Laws are available by consent.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service; "kept a fire extinguisher available"; "much information is available through computers"; "available in many colors"; "the list of available candidates is unusually long" [ant: unavailable]
2: not busy; not otherwise committed; "he was not available for comment"; "he was available and willing to accompany her" [syn: available, uncommitted]
3: convenient for use or disposal; "the house is available after July 1"; "2000 square feet of usable office space" [syn: available, usable, useable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century 1. archaic having a beneficial effect 2. valid — used of a legal plea or charge 3. present or ready for immediate use <available resources> 4. accessible, obtainable <articles available in any drugstore> 5. qualified or willing to do something or to assume a responsibility <available candidates> 6. present in such chemical or physical form as to be usable (as by a plant) <available nitrogen> <available water> • availableness noun • availably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (often foll. by to, for) 1 capable of being used; at one's disposal. 2 within one's reach. Derivatives: availability n. availableness n. availably adv. Etymology: ME f. AVAIL + -ABLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Available A*vail"a*ble, a. 1. Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea. [Obs.] Laws human are available by consent. --Hooker. 2. Such as one may avail one's self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate. Struggling to redeem, as he did, the available months and days out of so many that were unavailable. --Carlyle. Having no available funds with which to pay the calls on new shares. --H. Spenser.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something you want or need is available, you can find it or obtain it. Since 1978, the amount of money available to buy books has fallen by 17%... There are three small boats available for hire... ADJ • availability ...the easy availability of guns. N-UNCOUNT: usu the N of n 2. Someone who is available is not busy and is therefore free to talk to you or to do a particular task. Mr Leach is on holiday and was not available for comment. ADJ: v-link ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. To be availed of, to be turned to account. 2. Serviceable, useful, profitable, advantageous, beneficial. 3. Suitable or fit (for some purpose), likely to answer the end.

Moby Thesaurus

abandoned, accessible, adaptable, all-around, approachable, at hand, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, attainable, attendant, close by, come-at-able, convenient, deserted, disengaged, fallow, findable, forsaken, free, getatable, gettable, godforsaken, handy, idle, immanent, immediate, in view, indwelling, inherent, jobless, leisure, leisured, lumpen, nearby, obtainable, of all work, off, off duty, off work, on board, on call, on deck, on hand, on tap, open, open to, otiose, out of employ, out of harness, out of work, penetrable, pervious, present, procurable, reachable, ready, securable, tenantless, to be had, to hand, unemployable, unemployed, unfilled, uninhabited, unmanned, unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, unstaffed, untaken, untenanted, untended, vacant, versatile, within call, within reach, within sight