Avail
verb
To be of help or advantage.
All his efforts to save the business did not avail.
Often appears as...
- avail oneself
- avail of
noun
Use, benefit, or value.
He tried everything to win her heart, but all to no avail.
Often appears as...
- to no avail
- of avail
verb
To use or make use of something.
She availed herself of the opportunity to learn.
Often appears as...
- avail oneself
- avail of
verb
To be of help or advantage.
All his efforts to save the business did not avail.
Often appears as...
- avail oneself
- avail of
noun
Use, benefit, or value.
He tried everything to win her heart, but all to no avail.
Often appears as...
- to no avail
- of avail
verb
To use or make use of something.
She availed herself of the opportunity to learn.
Often appears as...
- avail oneself
- avail of
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Futile Efforts
Used when actions have no effect or success, conveying disappointment.
Despite studying all night, it was to no avail as the exam questions were on a different topic.
Pro Tip 2/3Slight Advantage
Indicates a small or marginal benefit in a situation.
His knowledge of French availed him little in Germany.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Negated
Commonly used with negation, as in 'to no avail.'
He attempted to convince them, but to no avail.
Pro Tip 1/3Futile Efforts
Used when actions have no effect or success, conveying disappointment.
Despite studying all night, it was to no avail as the exam questions were on a different topic.
Pro Tip 2/3Slight Advantage
Indicates a small or marginal benefit in a situation.
His knowledge of French availed him little in Germany.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Negated
Commonly used with negation, as in 'to no avail.'
He attempted to convince them, but to no avail.
Pro Tip 1/3Futile Efforts
Used when actions have no effect or success, conveying disappointment.
Despite studying all night, it was to no avail as the exam questions were on a different topic.
Pro Tip 2/3Slight Advantage
Indicates a small or marginal benefit in a situation.
His knowledge of French availed him little in Germany.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Negated
Commonly used with negation, as in 'to no avail.'
He attempted to convince them, but to no avail.
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Why the universe seems...
in which case it would have to be here. And somewhere up there would be the chance that a frog would turn into a prince, and similar magical things like that. If life has arisen on only one planet in the entire universe, that planet has to be our planet, because here we are talking about it. And that means that if we want to avail ourselves of it,
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Why I can’t remember...
avail and eventually I slinked into my office feeling defeated and a few hours later I was sitting on an airplane and I was thinking about this this situation and feeling terrible that I hadn't been able to make a connection between these two people who I care deeply about and as I sat on this plane I actually
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Tim Cope: On the Trail...
emergency services it was like an unbelievable nightmare everything I owned the whole trip has just disappeared into the night on the steppe within 30 seconds I employed the local police the rescue services to help me however there was the searching was to no avail I went back to the police
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Face-to-Face with a Bear...
on with polar bears with climate change warming their environments and decreasing the amount of sea ice they are definitely under threat because their main way of hunting prey is becoming less and less avail available to them and then the other species of bears across the world are also
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Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
chuffed to no avail there is something deeply disquieting about watching a mother looking for her baby without success fear for the beloved cub began to build as the hot silent afternoon wore on and tandi's efforts continued to burn no fruit
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
may be only a curtain raiser - what could blow up one day in the future what shall it avail our nation if we can place a man on the moon but cannot cure the sickness in our cities this is bill stout for CBS reports in Los Angeles good night
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Africa’s rhyming history...
with in fingaz vessels and the Congolese king observed the gradual corrupting effect of the whole sorted operation he attempted to control reduce or even stop it to no avail the most gut-wrenching of his letters refers to quote thieves and
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The most notorious...
He tried to buy and destroy every copy of the article containing his blunder, but to no avail. Their mutual resentment blossomed. After the transcontinental railroad was completed the following year,
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Want to be happy? Be...
all these opportunities are given to us, but they are opportunities, and those who avail themselves of those opportunities are the ones that we admire. They make something out of life.
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Daylight Saving Time 101...
avail until his death in 1915 the issue was revisited time and again throughout the world but it wasn't officially put into practice nationwide until the early
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Why the universe seems...
in which case it would have to be here. And somewhere up there would be the chance that a frog would turn into a prince, and similar magical things like that. If life has arisen on only one planet in the entire universe, that planet has to be our planet, because here we are talking about it. And that means that if we want to avail ourselves of it,
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Why I can’t remember...
avail and eventually I slinked into my office feeling defeated and a few hours later I was sitting on an airplane and I was thinking about this this situation and feeling terrible that I hadn't been able to make a connection between these two people who I care deeply about and as I sat on this plane I actually
Video examples
Tim Cope: On the Trail...
emergency services it was like an unbelievable nightmare everything I owned the whole trip has just disappeared into the night on the steppe within 30 seconds I employed the local police the rescue services to help me however there was the searching was to no avail I went back to the police
Video examples
Face-to-Face with a Bear...
on with polar bears with climate change warming their environments and decreasing the amount of sea ice they are definitely under threat because their main way of hunting prey is becoming less and less avail available to them and then the other species of bears across the world are also
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
chuffed to no avail there is something deeply disquieting about watching a mother looking for her baby without success fear for the beloved cub began to build as the hot silent afternoon wore on and tandi's efforts continued to burn no fruit
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
may be only a curtain raiser - what could blow up one day in the future what shall it avail our nation if we can place a man on the moon but cannot cure the sickness in our cities this is bill stout for CBS reports in Los Angeles good night
Video examples
Africa’s rhyming history...
with in fingaz vessels and the Congolese king observed the gradual corrupting effect of the whole sorted operation he attempted to control reduce or even stop it to no avail the most gut-wrenching of his letters refers to quote thieves and
Video examples
The most notorious...
He tried to buy and destroy every copy of the article containing his blunder, but to no avail. Their mutual resentment blossomed. After the transcontinental railroad was completed the following year,
Video examples
Want to be happy? Be...
all these opportunities are given to us, but they are opportunities, and those who avail themselves of those opportunities are the ones that we admire. They make something out of life.
Video examples
Daylight Saving Time 101...
avail until his death in 1915 the issue was revisited time and again throughout the world but it wasn't officially put into practice nationwide until the early
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Diane Guerrero
American Actress
Throughout my childhood, I watched my parents try to become legal but to no avail. They lost their money to people they believed to be attorneys but who ultimately never helped. That meant my childhood was haunted by the fear that they would be deported.
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Hope Jahren
American Scientist
We must feed, shelter, and nurture one another as our first priority, and to do so, we must avail ourselves of our best technologies, which have always included some type of genetic modification.
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Lakhdar Brahimi
Algerian Public Servant
It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.
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Jakob Bohme
German Theologian
Just as a drop of water in the ocean cannot avail much; but if a great river runneth into it, that maketh a great commotion.
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Joel Robuchon
French Chef
The worst thing for me is to not taste what I'm eating, to not know what I'm eating. It upsets me to no avail.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.
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N. R. Narayana Murthy
Indian Businessman
The lack of financial strength to avail healthcare is a major challenge.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.
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Bobby Sherman
American Musician
I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself.
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Diane Guerrero
American Actress
Throughout my childhood, I watched my parents try to become legal but to no avail. They lost their money to people they believed to be attorneys but who ultimately never helped. That meant my childhood was haunted by the fear that they would be deported.
Quote examples
Hope Jahren
American Scientist
We must feed, shelter, and nurture one another as our first priority, and to do so, we must avail ourselves of our best technologies, which have always included some type of genetic modification.
Quote examples
Lakhdar Brahimi
Algerian Public Servant
It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.
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Jakob Bohme
German Theologian
Just as a drop of water in the ocean cannot avail much; but if a great river runneth into it, that maketh a great commotion.
Quote examples
Joel Robuchon
French Chef
The worst thing for me is to not taste what I'm eating, to not know what I'm eating. It upsets me to no avail.
Quote examples
Franz Kafka
Novelist
We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so.
Quote examples
Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.
Quote examples
N. R. Narayana Murthy
Indian Businessman
The lack of financial strength to avail healthcare is a major challenge.
Quote examples
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.
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Bobby Sherman
American Musician
I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself.
Example 1 of 10
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