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AVAILABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does available mean?
• AVAILABLE (adjective)
The adjective AVAILABLE has 3 senses:
1. obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
2. not busy; not otherwise committed
3. convenient for use or disposal
Familiarity information: AVAILABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
Context example:
the list of available candidates is unusually long
Similar:
accessible (easily obtained)
ready ((of especially money) immediately available)
for sale; purchasable (available for purchase)
open (not having been filled)
on tap ((of liquids) available by turning a tap)
on tap (available for immediate use)
on hand (readily available)
visible (present and easily available)
lendable (available for lending)
in stock (available for use or sale)
getable; gettable; obtainable; procurable (capable of being obtained)
forthcoming (available when required or as promised)
easy (less in demand and therefore readily obtainable)
addressable (capable of being addressed)
acquirable (capable of being acquired)
Attribute:
accessibility; availability; availableness; handiness (the quality of being at hand when needed)
Antonym:
unavailable (not available or accessible or at hand)
Derivation:
avail (take or use)
availability; availableness (the quality of being at hand when needed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not busy; not otherwise committed
Synonyms:
available; uncommitted
Context example:
he was available and willing to accompany her
Similar:
free (not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Convenient for use or disposal
Synonyms:
Context example:
2000 square feet of usable office space
Similar:
disposable (free or available for use or disposition)
Derivation:
availableness (the quality of being at hand when needed)
Context examples
Ginseng, used in traditional Chinese medicine and available as a nutritional supplement, is classified as an adaptogenic herb with multiple effects, many of them are regulatory in nature.
(Asian Ginseng, NCI Thesaurus)
They are also available as dietary supplements.
(Antioxidants, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
An orally available, acid-stable diamine antibiotic, with potential antimicrobial activity against a variety of bacteria including Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. Tuberculosis).
(Antibiotic SQ109, NCI Thesaurus)
An orally available, vitamin E derivative and androgen receptor (AR) antagonist with potential anti-oxidant, chemopreventative and antineoplastic activity.
(Androgen Antagonist APC-100, NCI Thesaurus)
An orally available morpholino-pyrimidine-based inhibitor of ataxia telangiectasia and rad3 related (ATR) kinase, with potential antineoplastic activity.
(ATR Kinase Inhibitor AZD6738, NCI Thesaurus)
The orally available hydrochloride salt of pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Atrasentan Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
This strain exhibits excellent breeding performance and a long life span which contribute to its being one of the most highly utilized of all available mouse strains.
(BALB/c Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)
An orally available, synthetic small molecule with potential antineoplastic activity.
(AVN944, NCI Thesaurus)
An orally available phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor with vasodilatory activity.
(Avanafil, NCI Thesaurus)
An orally available, potent, selective inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4), with hypoglycemic activity.
(Anagliptin, NCI Thesaurus)
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