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UK/əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/US[əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ɾi]

noun

The quality of being available.

“We have several availabilities.”

Very commonScrabble 20

Meanings

nounavailability (usually uncountable, plural availabilities)

plural availabilities

  1. uncountableusuallyThe quality of being available.

    What is your availability this week?

    1 more example

    With an axleload of 16¾ tons they have a fairly wide [route] availability and they have been designed for ease of maintenance.

    1960 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553

    Synonyms: availableness, accessibility

  2. countableusuallyThat which is available.

    We have several availabilities.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being available.

antonym(s) of “quality of being available”

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe quality of being at hand when needed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From available + -ity; attested since the early 1800s.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic تَوَفُّر
  • تَوَفُّر (tawaffur)the quality of being available
Bulgarian наличност
  • наличност (naličnost)the quality of being available
Catalan disponibilitat
  • disponibilitatthe quality of being available
Chinese 可及性
  • 可及性 (kějíxìng)the quality of being available
Czech dostupnost
  • dostupnostthe quality of being available
Danish tilgængelighed
  • tilgængelighedthe quality of being available
Dutch beschikbaarheid, voorhanden zijn
  • beschikbaarheidthe quality of being available
  • voorhanden zijnthe quality of being available
  • beschikbaarheidthat which is available
Esperanto havebleco, disponeblo
  • haveblecothe quality of being available
  • disponeblothe quality of being available
Estonian saadavus
  • saadavusthe quality of being available
Finnish saatavuus, vaihtoehto
  • saatavuusthe quality of being available
  • vaihtoehtothat which is available
French disponibilité
  • disponibilitéthe quality of being available
German Vorhandensein, Verfügbarkeit
  • Vorhandenseinthe quality of being available
  • Verfügbarkeitthe quality of being available
Greek periphrastically, διαθεσιμότητα
  • periphrasticallythe quality of being available
  • διαθεσιμότητα (diathesimótita)the quality of being available
Hungarian elérhetőség
  • elérhetőségthe quality of being available
Icelandic fáanleiki
  • fáanleikithe quality of being available
Indonesian ketersediaan, tersedianya
  • ketersediaanthe quality of being available
  • tersedianyathat which is available
Italian disponibilità, reperibilità
  • disponibilitàthe quality of being available
  • reperibilitàthe quality of being available
Japanese 供給, 可用性
  • 供給 (kyōkyū)the quality of being available
  • 可用性 (kayo-sei)the quality of being available
Korean 가용도
  • 가용도 (gayongdo)the quality of being available
Lithuanian prieinamumas
  • prieinamumasthe quality of being available
Malay ketersediaan, kebolehsediaan
  • ketersediaanthe quality of being available
  • kebolehsediaanthe quality of being available
  • kebolehdapatanthe quality of being available
  • keperolehanthe quality of being available
  • ketersediaanthat which is available
  • kebolehsediaanthat which is available
  • kebolehdapatanthat which is available
  • keperolehanthat which is available
Norwegian Bokmål tilgjengelighet
  • tilgjengelighetthe quality of being available
Portuguese disponibilidade
  • disponibilidadethe quality of being available
Romanian disponibilitate
  • disponibilitatethe quality of being available
Russian нали́чие
  • нали́чие (nalíčije)the quality of being available
Spanish disponibilidad
  • disponibilidadthe quality of being available
Swahili upatikanaji
  • upatikanajithe quality of being available
Cite this entry
APA

availability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/availability

MLA

“availability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/availability. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “availability,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/availability.

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