Definition of 'available'
2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
Someone who is available is not busy and is therefore free to talk to you or to do a particular task.
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availability (aˌvailaˈbility) or availableness (aˈvailableness) noun
availably (aˈvailably)
adverb
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available in American English
adjective
3. Obsolete
that can avail
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availably (aˈvailably)
adverb
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British English: available
/əˈveɪləbl/ ADJECTIVE
If something is available, you can use it or obtain it.
Breakfast is available from 6 a.m.
- American English: available /əˈveɪləbəl/
- Arabic: مُتَوَفِّر
- Brazilian Portuguese: disponível
- Chinese: 可用的
- Croatian: dostupan
- Czech: dostupný
- Danish: ledig
- Dutch: beschikbaar
- European Spanish: disponible
- Finnish: saatavana oleva
- French: disponible
- German: verfügbar
- Greek: διαθέσιμος
- Italian: disponibile
- Japanese: 利用できる
- Korean: 사용할 수 있는
- Norwegian: tilgjengelig
- Polish: dostępny
- European Portuguese: disponível
- Romanian: disponibil
- Russian: доступный
- Latin American Spanish: disponible
- Swedish: tillgänglig
- Thai: ซึ่งหามาได้
- Turkish: uygun
- Ukrainian: доступний
- Vietnamese: sẵn có
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