availability

American  

[uh-vay-luh-bil-i-tee] / əˌveɪ ləˈbɪl ɪ ti /

Rarely availableness

noun

• availabilities
  plural

1. the fact or quality of being close at hand and ready for use.

   Children learn about the importance of reading and writing through the availability of a wide variety of books.

2. the fact or quality of being readily obtainable.

   Prices are subject to availability of the product at the time of ordering.

3. freedom or willingness to do something.

   League members selected as reserve players shall confirm their availability by signing the list on the notice board.

4. the fact or condition of not being involved in a romantic or sexual relationship and therefore being potentially open to one.

   Overall, he says, a man is more attracted to a woman by the signs of her availability than by her physical appearance.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• interavailability
  noun
• nonavailability
  noun
• unavailability
  noun
• unavailableness
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• availabilities
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of availability

avail(able) ( def. ) + -ability ( def. )

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Explanation

Something with availability is easy to get or to access. If you work at an ice cream shop, the availability of ice cream might make it hard to stick to a diet. The noun availability indicates that something is easily obtainable and ready for use. If you are thinking about renting a certain apartment, you might want to ask about the availability of parking spaces in the neighborhood before you sign a lease. You can use availability and accessibility almost interchangeably, as with this sentence: "The accessibility of the Internet has increased the availability of information."

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

availability availabilities

As seasonal differences became more pronounced, the availability of certain foods likely changed throughout the year.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

“We expect the current environment to persist until memory availability and prices begin to normalize,” Tan said Thursday during a call with analysts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

But a separate phenomenon remains the availability of increasingly sophisticated chatbots, acting as adviser rather than agent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

"The problem is the constraint in the transmission lines, availability and also control of the grid, as well as fluctuations in supply and demand," Karunathilaka said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

At Base Camp he pored over reams of computer printouts detailing logistical minutiae: menus, spare parts, tools, medicines, communications hardware, load-hauling schedules, yak availability.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Instead, he gave a marginally more formal “update” about progress in Iran than he gives all day on social media or in quick press availabilities.

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2026

During Cabinet meetings, press availabilities in the Oval Office and a recent signing ceremony, he looks like he has fallen asleep.

From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2026

And then when we came out of COVID, we had many scheduling delays with availabilities with Jim and Timothée.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025

Due to airport operation times and a lack of flight availabilities, they were accommodated in hotels in Bermuda over the festive period, a P&O spokeswoman said.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023

It should not follow, however, that with the World Wide Web, education is only a matter of on-line postings of classes and the accidental matching of educational needs to network availabilities.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

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