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

But for the economic distortions caused by reduced crude-oil availability from the war in Iran, California’s demand would likely be met almost entirely by Asian exporters if transport costs were the only issue—waivers or not.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Those cells showed widespread changes in gene activity, including shifts in how they processed fuel, reacted to hormones, and detected nutrient availability.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

LA28 announced Friday it sold more than 6 million tickets during its first two drops, accounting for more than half of the expected Olympic ticket availability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

That shift is driven by rising sea temperatures and food availability.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The development of the cyclotron was begun several years before these discoveries on faith that the availability of controlled atomic projectiles within the laboratory would lead to important scientific progress.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

"I thought this place hideous at first, but it improves on acquaintance, and has its availabilities, like everything else: there is a fine sea with beautiful sands, and the flower-garden is radiant."

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare

Related Words

• opportunity
• show
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