Available

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Available \A*vail"a*ble\, a.
     1. Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the
        object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea. [Obs.]
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              Laws human are available by consent.  --Hooker.


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     2. Such as one may avail one's self of; capable of being used
        for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable;
        advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an
        available measure; an available candidate.
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              Struggling to redeem, as he did, the available
              months and days out of so many that were
              unavailable.                          --Carlyle.
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              Having no available funds with which to pay the
              calls on new shares.                  --H. Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  available
       adj 1: obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service; "kept
              a fire extinguisher available"; "much information is
              available through computers"; "available in many
              colors"; "the list of available candidates is
              unusually long" [ant: {unavailable}]
       2: not busy; not otherwise committed; "he was not available for
          comment"; "he was available and willing to accompany her"
          [syn: {uncommitted}]
       3: convenient for use or disposal; "the house is available
          after July 1"; "2000 square feet of usable office space"
          [syn: {usable}, {useable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "available":
     abandoned, accessible, adaptable, all-around, approachable,
     at hand, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, attainable,
     attendant, close by, come-at-able, convenient, deserted,
     disengaged, fallow, findable, forsaken, free, getatable, gettable,
     godforsaken, handy, idle, immanent, immediate, in view, indwelling,
     inherent, jobless, leisure, leisured, lumpen, nearby, obtainable,
     of all work, off, off duty, off work, on board, on call, on deck,
     on hand, on tap, open, open to, otiose, out of employ,
     out of harness, out of work, penetrable, pervious, present,
     procurable, reachable, ready, securable, tenantless, to be had,
     to hand, unemployable, unemployed, unfilled, uninhabited, unmanned,
     unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, unstaffed, untaken, untenanted,
     untended, vacant, versatile, within call, within reach,
     within sight