avail (redirected from to no avail)

a·vail  (-vl)

v. a·vailed, a·vail·ing, a·vails

v.tr.

To be of use or advantage to; help: Nothing could avail the dying patient.

v.intr.

To be of use, value, or advantage; serve: Halfway measures will no longer avail.

n.

Use, benefit, or advantage: labored to no avail.

Idiom:

avail (oneself) of

To make use of.

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[Middle English availen : a-, intensive pref. (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + Old French valoir, vail-, to be worth (from Latin valre, to be strong; see wal- in Indo-European roots).]

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a·vailing·ly adv.

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avail

Verb

1. to be of use, advantage, or assistance (to)

2. avail oneself of to make use of

Noun

use or advantage: to no avail [Latin valere to be strong]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	avail - a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it" help, service helpfulness - the property of providing useful assistance
Verb	1.	avail - use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources" apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
	2.	avail - be of use to, be useful to; "It will avail them to dispose of their booty" aid, assist, help - give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house"
	3.	avail - take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies" help exploit, work - use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"

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avail

noun benefit, use, help, good, service, aid, profit, advantage, purpose, assistance, utility, effectiveness, mileage (informal) usefulness, efficacy

avail yourself of something make use of, use, employ, exploit, take advantage of, profit from, make the most of, utilize, have recourse to, turn to account

Translations

avail [əˈveɪl] vt to avail o.s. of → aprovechar(se) de, valerse de n to no avail → en vano, sin resultado

avail [əˈveɪl] vt to avail o.s. of → user de; profiter de n to no avail → sans résultat, en vain, en pure perte

avail [əˈveɪl] vt to avail o.s. of → Gebrauch machen von n to no avail → vergeblich, erfolglos

avail [əˈveɪl] vt to avail o.s. of → servirsi di; approfittarsi di n to no avail → inutilmente

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avail [əˈveil]

of no use or effect He tried to revive her but to no avail; His efforts were of no avail.suksesإفادَه، نَفْع، جَدوىот полза съмbez výsledku, k ničemunytte; til ingen nyttenutzlosθετικό αποτέλεσμα, όφελοςen vano, inútilkasutu, kasutultبی فایدهturhaan, hyödytönsans effetלַשָוואलाभ उठानाkoristhasztalanguna, faedahgagn; gagnslaus(2) inutile役にたつ보람없이, 헛되이perniekveltīgi; derīgitidak berhasiltevergeefsnytte; nytteløs, til ingen nyttena nic, daremnieefeitoîn zadarбесполезныйbez výsledkubrez učinkabez uspehanytta, till ingen nyttaเป็นประโยชน์boşuna, faydasız無效некорисний; марнийبے فائدہkhông có hiệu quả無效