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Meaning avail meaning

What does avail mean?

avail

— verb use to one's advantage He availed himself of the available resources — verb be of use to, be useful to It will avail them to dispose of their booty — noun (= help) a means of serving of no avail there's no help for it — verb (= help) take or use She helped herself to some of the office supplies

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avail English » English

benefit help profit use assist utility aid advantage utilize support succour serve attend to advance accommodate subserve service relief capitalise act worth work utilise tap take advantage of take advantage take action succourer succorer succor stead squeeze serve well result remedy reclaim pull through pull strings promote produce prevail piggyback operate move make use of lift jump at interest impinge impact

Topics avail topics

What do people use avail to talk about?
Grammar Connected with, related Dependency relations Result

Without result

Conjugation avail conjugation

How do you conjugate avail?

avail · verb

Examples avail examples

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Simple sentences

Tom asked for help but to no avail.
You should avail yourself of the chance to go abroad.
All my efforts proved of no avail.
Being underage is the inability to avail oneself of one's mind without the guidance of another.
He attempted to climb the fence to no avail.
I have tried to overcome my shyness, but to no avail.
You had better avail yourself of this opportunity.
Avail yourself of this opportunity.
Talk will not avail without work.
He was glad to avail himself of any means to succeed in life.

Movie subtitles

To no avail my eyes are looking for you.
We sent out police dogs. The best trackers are on the scent to no avail.
But before I avail myself of your confidence I should like to persuade the head that in these times Brookfield has need of both of us.
I wish sometimes women would avail themselves of the same privilege.
In the meantime, avail yourselves of my humble hospitality.
Until then, Col. Drummond can avail himself of our municipal accommodations.
Avail yourself of my hospitality, Mr. Harmon.
Stubbornness will avail you nothing.
He tried everything, but to no avail.
In the event the strain becomes too great. one can avail oneself with the soothing effects of music.
You're very courageous, Mr. Tanner, but to no avail. There's been no ammunition kept in the house since the 15th Lord of Lebanon took a pop-shot at his wife's lover at tea time.
To what avail?
It was lanced. Drugs were administered. No avail.
You see my prime purpose for visiting your city sir, was to avail myself the services of a dentist.
And all to no avail.
To no avail.
We've offered to make peace with Zagon, but to no avail.
I fought and struggled and pleaded, but to absolutely no avail.
To no avail of course.
Indeed, if we should prefer not to avail ourselves of the various aids that you mentioned, your reply would be what?
You're very courageous, Mr. Tanner, but to no avail.
Violence will avail you nothing.
Top brass said no to no avail.
Scotty's been making a wonderfully brave attempt. to show me the way a ranch is run, but to no avail.
Brantink helped me, but to no avail.
We could talk for hours to no avail, because that isn't the problem.
Our planet, Scalos, in which existed culturally enlightened populations, has attempted to survive this mysterious affliction, but to no avail.
You've tried before to no avail.
That's no avail to you.
Bruno went broke for her, but to no avail.
Do not rise, my wife, my queen. It will avail thee nothing.
But unfortunately I will have to wait for your visit to no avail.
Investigated, but to no avail.

News and current affairs

All of these abuses are raised repeatedly at EU-China summits, to little or no avail.
The IMF was the first to break the silence, acknowledging that it had been urging debt relief but to no avail.
For two and a half years, the European Union has made every effort to get Iran to cooperate fully with the IAEA and come clean about its nuclear activities, to no avail.
Historically, rising states used smart-power strategies to good avail.
All to no avail.
To no avail.
Iranian reformers had tried (to no avail) since the landslide 1997 election of President Mohammed Khatami, to change the system from within.
Failure to do so would be a missed opportunity at a time when African countries must avail themselves of all available resources for poverty reduction.
But to what avail?
Just as a few of us warned of impending crisis in the 2003-2006 period, some - including the Bank of International Settlements and the IMF- are sounding the alarm today, but to no avail.
But all this potential strength may be to no avail if Europeans do not solve the immediate problems stemming from financial markets' loss of confidence in the euro.
Moroccan feminists have protested vigorously, but to no avail.
Some African leaders - notably Ghana's president, John Kufuor, and outgoing African Union head Alpha Konare - have tried to cajole Mugabe towards reform, to no avail.
We are also providing cash assistance to eligible poor families on the condition that pregnant mothers and children avail themselves of preventive health care, and that children regularly attend school.

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