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/əˈveɪləbl/ adjective

Definition

READY TO USE If something is available, you can use it or get it: This information is available free on the Internet. The new drug is not yet available to the public.
NOT BUSY If someone is available, they are not busy and so are able to do something: No one from the company was available to comment on the accident. → Opposite unavailable
availability
 
 
/əˌveɪləˈbɪləti/ noun [U]
(Definition of available adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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