to avail
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6.9
- verb
- /əˈveɪl/
- Formal
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aprovechar
- Many students avail themselves of the scholarship opportunities provided by the school.
- avail themselves of opportunities
And how would you not avail yourself of that information?
- And how would you not avail yourself of that information?
- So now we have these programs that these people can avail themselves of.
- And yet you can live in Ireland for those five years as a special tax status that locals don't have but that foreigners can avail themselves of.
- This policy reflects the recognition that a taxpayer who avails himself of a discount in acquiring goods and services has no accession to wealth.
- I there's a saying in a a it's half measures availed nothing.
- The new Gnosticism, like all the old Gnosticisms, avails hidden instructions of deep revelatory insight.
- And this doubt cannot avail itself, as he's going to say, of any provisional ethic.
- He says that Aristotle says that Anyxagoras avails himself of mind as an artificial device.
- I brought a little worksheet that I thought you could avail yourself of an advanced care planning worksheet to get you started on the process of thinking about these things.
Examples
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Gentlemen, should you need refreshment, we have some fine claret here, if you wish to avail yourselves.
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Our clients have the right to avail themselves of the law.
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And how would you not avail yourself of that information?
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So now we have these programs that these people can avail themselves of.
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I would avail myself of your particular brand of, uh, services here.
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My employer would like to avail himself of your services.
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If her parents decide to avail themselves of my services, there are some grounds for hope.
Fiction book (1991) -
We shall need to avail ourselves of your services once again, she wrote to Dr. Talon.
Fiction book (2002) -
Many teachers have availed themselves of these opportunities to earn credits toward their graduate degrees.
Academic text (2001) -
And yet you can live in Ireland for those five years as a special tax status that locals don't have but that foreigners can avail themselves of.
Synonyms
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1.0
To put something to work for a purpose
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4.9
To use something for a particular purpose
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2.2
To use something for a particular purpose
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Etymology
Avail (verb) comes from the same old root val- meaning 'to be worth', like in value. To avail yourself of something is to 'make use' of it or to get help from it, keeping the idea of something being 'of worth' to you.