Availability
[ə,veɪlə'bɪlətɪ] or [ə,velə'bɪləti]
Definition
(n.) The quality of being available; availableness.
(n.) That which is available.
Editor: Maynard
Examples
- The discovery of the availability of carbon was unquestionably invention, and it resulted in the 'first practical success in the art. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Legree took a silent note of Tom's availability. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They regard knowledge as something complete in itself irrespective of its availability in dealing with what is yet to be. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Two aspects of this more general and freer availability of former experiences for subsequent ones may be distinguished. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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