avail
noun/əˈveɪl/
/əˈveɪl/
Word OriginMiddle English: from obsolete vail ‘be of use or value’ (apparently on the pattern of pairs such as amount, mount), from Old French valoir, from Latin valere ‘be strong, be of value’.
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See avail in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryof little/no avail
- (formal) of little or no use
- Your ability to argue is of little avail if the facts are wrong.
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to little/no avail
- (formal) with little or no success
- The doctors tried everything to keep him alive but to no avail.
- They worked hard to win the project but all to no avail.
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