(transitive) To be of service to.
Used in a Sentence
availed
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for availed.
Editorial note
Seth had high quality health cover provided by UC Berkeley, and availed himself of routine checkups, including cholesterol counts.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(transitive) To be of service to.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of availed gathered in one view.
(transitive) To promote; to assist.
(India, Africa, elsewhere proscribed) To use or take advantage of (an opportunity or resource).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for availed.
verb
(transitive) To be of service to.
verb
(transitive) To promote; to assist.
verb
(India, Africa, elsewhere proscribed) To use or take advantage of (an opportunity or resource).
verb
(India, Africa, elsewhere proscribed) To provide; to make available.
Example sentences
Seth had high quality health cover provided by UC Berkeley, and availed himself of routine checkups, including cholesterol counts.
A few people in my hiking group had to take some medicine, and one or two availed themselves of camels.
If Scalzi didn't work at his craft or his networking, the opportunities that availed themselves to him probably would not have happened.
The greek government actively and aggressively sought out membership, to the point of cooking the books, then eagerly availed themselves of the credit.
But they didn't hack the legal system, they availed themselves to it.
With any luck, packaging and delivery will be good enough that they won't have availed themselves of literally the last opportunity to vex me.
It's not like these men would prefer to be deadbeats if availed the free choice of parenthood rather than the legal imposition of it.
Do you know how much inventors availed themselves of that ability?
My wife had a couple of joint replacements a few years back, and for a time she availed herself of a motorized cart where available.
Project Gutenberg has made tons of books available for years now and so far I've availed myself of exactly one of them.
Since everyone acted in good faith when they availed themselves of Microsoft's pledge, the court will look very poorly on an attempt by Microsoft to rescind it.
Erm, I think it's more likely that the laptop showed up in X-ray scan and a baggage handler availed themselves of the contents.
Quote examples
Precedent in the US is that courts do in fact have jurisdiction over a foreign website's owner if the owner "purposefully availed itself of the U.
Yes - and the point is, if everyone availed themselves of the alternative (e.g., escaping the phone tree), as previous post implied, then "line wouldn't go up" and companies would stop.
In some places doing nothing is really doing absolutely nothing but in other places "nothing" includes intra venous rehydratation and perhaps some elementary care that is seams obvious but is not availed in very poor places.
> Personal jurisdiction in American civil procedure law is premised on the notion that a defendant should not be subject to the decisions of a foreign or out of state court, without having "purposely availed" himself of the benefits that the forum state has to offer.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use availed in a sentence?
Seth had high quality health cover provided by UC Berkeley, and availed himself of routine checkups, including cholesterol counts.
What does availed mean?
(transitive) To be of service to.
What part of speech is availed?
availed is commonly used as verb.