Avail | Mean of avail in English Dictionary
/əˈveɪl/
- Verb
- to be useful or helpful to (someone or something)
- Our best efforts availed [=gained] us nothing.
- This knowledge availed her little. [=it was not very helpful or useful to her]
- Our best efforts did not avail.
- to make use of (something)
- They availed themselves of his services. [=they used his services]
- Noun
- help toward reaching a goal
- What I learned then is of little avail to me now. [=is not very helpful to me now]
- Our best efforts were of no avail. [=were not helpful]
- They tried to discuss the issue calmly, but to no avail. [=they were unable to discuss the issue calmly]
