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# availability

«availability» in Mova's school dictionary: **Whether something can be got, bought or used right now** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (availability — mostly uncountable; availabilities — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Whether something can be got, bought or used right now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/availability/#m1)

2) Whether a person is free to do something or meet someone at a certain time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/availability/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is used in shops, booking holidays and websites: «check availability». At school a teacher may ask about «your availability» for a match or club. It is a rather formal word; in plain talk people ask «Is it free?» or «Is it in stock?».

### examples

- The website shows the availability of seats on the train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/availability/#x1)
- Please check the availability of the swimming pool on Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/availability/#x2)
- Mum asked about the coach's availability for an extra practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/availability/#x3)
- The availability of fresh water is important for every town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/availability/#x4)
- Toy availability is low just before Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/availability/#x5)
- Subject to availability, you can choose your own room. (formal) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/availability/#x6)
- The doctor has no availability until next week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/availability/#x7)

### note

Mostly uncountable: «availability», no «an». From the adjective «available» (able to be got or used). «Subject to availability» means only if there are some left. Spelling: avail-ab-il-ity, with -ility.

### In the corpora

- [What you see a lot feels common; grown-ups call this the availability trap.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «availability» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/availability/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.