adjective · neutral
available
/əˈveɪ.lə.bəl/a·VAIL·a·ble
Band 6-7task1task2speaking
able to be used, obtained, or reached
Examples
“Is the report available online for students to download?”
“Limited funding was available for the research project.”
“Tickets are available on the university website.”
Band 8 sentence
“Extensive datasets are available through the national archive for researchers investigating demographic change.”
Collocations
- available + for (available for students)
- be available to someone
- be widely/earlier/now available
Word family
availability nounavail verb
Common mistakes
available to→available for / available to (context matters)
avaliable (spelling)→available
Say it for a higher band
5ready→6accessible→7+available
Synonyms
accessible
Easily confused
accessible
“The library is accessible to all students.”
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