availability

American  

[uh-vey-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

Etymology

Origin of availability

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

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

And following a cyberattack on its Fairlife milk segment, the company said most production had resumed at its four U.S. facilities, with availability on store shelves “largely unimpacted.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

When Olympic tickets went on sale in April, fans were shocked and frustrated at high prices, a 24% service fee and limited availability for key events.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The pristine farms, forests, ocean and rivers serve as the country’s pantry, where Māori food is regional, and ingredients are harvested based on seasonality and availability.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

As Aretha Franklin's Respect became an anthem for a generation demanding greater equality, the widespread availability of contraception changed the ideas about sex.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

There was no crisis in the availability of horses, no dissatisfaction with railroads.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

The new scale necessitated creative work for multiplying available resources, for looking at needs and availabilities from a new perspective.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

Related Words

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• show
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