adjective · neutral
available
UK/əˈveɪləbl/US/əˈveɪləbəl/a·VAI·la·ble
Band 5-6task1task2speaking
able to be used, obtained, or reached
Examples
“Is the full report available online?”
“Limited resources were available for the pilot study.”
“Tickets are available from the box office.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although data were limited, sufficient information was available to draw preliminary conclusions.”
Collocations
- available online
- available resources
- be available to someone
Word family
availability nounavailably adverb (hiếm)
Common mistakes
available for me→available to me
availible (spelling)→available
Say it for a higher band
5ready→6obtainable→7+available
Synonyms
accessible
obtainable
Easily confused
accessible
“The library is accessible to all students.”
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