əˈveɪləbl Adjective Resources/Data Evidence Suggests Home Schooled Children Good

• available resources/data
• most available evidence suggests that home-schooled children are getting a good education.
• further details are available on request.
• we'll send you a copy as soon as it becomes available.

available

1. that you can get, buy or find
• available resources/data
• Most available evidence suggests that home-schooled children are getting a good education.
• Further details are available on request.
• We'll send you a copy as soon as it becomes available.
• We have plenty of office space available.
• The document is now commercially available in electronic form.
• readily/widely/freely/publicly available
• Tickets are currently available at reduced prices from the festival office.
• This data is still available for download on the company's website.
• When will the information be made available to the public?

Extra Examples

• Tickets are available free of charge from the school.
• This was the only room available.
• Every available doctor was called to the scene.
• Grants should be available for all students.
• He has $10 000 of immediately available funds.
• The DVDs are available for purchase.
• The houses are built using locally available materials.
• The product will now be made available throughout the market.
2. free to see or talk to people
• Will she be available this afternoon?
• She is in a meeting at present, but I will let you know as soon as she becomes available.
• They'll be available to help every day next week.
• The director was not available for comment.
3. not currently involved in a sexual or romantic relationship
• the pool of available singles
• Do you think he's available?

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the senses ‘effectual, serviceable’ and ‘legally valid’): from avail + -able. The sense ‘at someone's disposal’ dates from the early 19th cent.