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# available

adjective (available)

«available» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Available means you can get it, buy it or use it now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/available/#m1)
2. Available means a person is free to see you or help, not busy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/available/#m2)

### In the lessons

In shops «available» means on sale or in stock. In maths problems «available seats» or «available money» tells you the limit you can use. In everyday life: «Is the teacher available?» means free to talk. Opposite: unavailable, sold out, busy.

### Examples

- Tickets are available at the front desk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/available/#x1)
- Is this book available in the library? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/available/#x2)
- There are 30 seats available on the bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/available/#x3)
- The new game is available in shops now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/available/#x4)
- Sorry, Mrs Lee is not available right now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/available/#x5)
- Use all the available space on the page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/available/#x6)
- How many places are still available if 18 of 25 are taken? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/available/#x7)
- Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/available/#x8)

### Note

No -er/-est; say «more available». Starts with a vowel sound: «an available seat». In maths «available» often gives the total or the limit; the remaining number = available − used.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «available» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/available/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«available» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/available.html) on Mova free.