available
Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.
Example
“We have an available candidate.”
Other meanings
Readily obtainable.
“The list shows the available products in the store.”
Free to meet someone, speak on the telephone, enter a romantic relationship or the like.
“I have a question for you when you're available.”
Related words
- availableness
- bioavailable
- geoavailable
- inavailable
- interavailable
- nonavailable
- phytoavailable
- re-available
- availability
- availably
- bio-available
- reavailable
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "available".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “available” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.