avail
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a means of serving
of no avail
Types & categories
- helpfulness hypernym
Related & opposite
- avail derivation
Sense 2 verb
use to one's advantage
He availed himself of the available resources
Types & categories
- use hypernym
Sense 3 verb
be of use to, be useful to
It will avail them to dispose of their booty
Types & categories
- assist hypernym
Related & opposite
- avail derivation
Sense 4 verb
take or use
She helped herself to some of the office supplies
Types & categories
- exploit hypernym
Related & opposite
- available derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | avail |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | helpfulness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | use |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | avail |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | assist |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | available |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | exploit |