available
part of speech
adjective (available)
meaning for a pupil
1) Available means you can get it, buy it or use it now. tree →
2) Available means a person is free to see you or help, not busy. tree →
sense in the lessons
In shops «available» means on sale or in stock. In maths problems «available seats» or «available money» tells you the limit you can use. In everyday life: «Is the teacher available?» means free to talk. Opposite: unavailable, sold out, busy.
examples
- Tickets are available at the front desk. tree →
- Is this book available in the library? tree →
- There are 30 seats available on the bus. tree →
- The new game is available in shops now. tree →
- Sorry, Mrs Lee is not available right now. tree →
- Use all the available space on the page. tree →
- How many places are still available if 18 of 25 are taken? tree →
- Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. tree →
note
No -er/-est; say «more available». Starts with a vowel sound: «an available seat». In maths «available» often gives the total or the limit; the remaining number = available − used.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «available» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.