Import vs Avail - What's the difference?
import | avail | Related terms |
(countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
(uncountable) The practice of importing.
(uncountable) Significance, importance.
To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
* 1661 , Thomas Salusbury:
To be of importance to (someone or something).
* 1593 , Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost :
* Dryden
To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
* 1762 , David Hume, The History of England :
To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
* 1819 , Shelley, "The Cenci":
To mean, signify.
* Hooker
(archaic) To express, to imply.
(transitive, often, reflexive) To turn to the advantage of.
To be of service to.
To promote; to assist.
To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
* Sir Walter Scott
To provide; to make available.
* {{quote-news, 2004, November 16, Nik Ogbulie, Decongesting the Banking Floors, This Day
, passage=With this initiative, Valucard becomes an open system that is not limited to point of sale (POS) transactions, but now avails cash to its holders in various locations nationwide.}}
(lb) Benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success.
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*:I shal take the aduenture sayd Balen that god wille ordeyne me / but the swerd ye shalle not haue at this tyme by the feythe of my body / ye shalle repente hit within short tyme sayd the damoysel/ For I wold haue the swerd more for your auaylle than for myne / for I am passyng heuy for your sake
*, III.1:
*:hardy Citizenssticke not to sacrifice their honours and consciences, as those of old, their lives, for their Countries availe and safety.
*{{quote-book, 1895, (Andrew Lang),
, passage=So this friar, unworthy as he was of his holy calling, had me at an avail on every side, nor do I yet see what I could do but obey him, as I did.}}
Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
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*:At half-time, Poyet replaced Wes Brown with Liam Bridcutt in the heart of defence and sent out the rest of the players to atone for their first-half mistakes. To no avail .
*(Richard Henry Stoddard) (1825–1903)
*:the avails of their own industry
Effort; striving.
*{{quote-book, 1613, (Thomas Campion), chapter=Songs of Mourning, , year_published=1907, page=125, title=
, passage=And ev'n now, though he breathless lies, his sails / Are struggling with the winds, for our avails / T'explore a passage hid from human tract, / Will fame him in the enterprise or fact.}}
An advertising slot or package.
*{{quote-book, 1994, Barry L. Sherman, page=353, title=
, passage=The salesperson at an affiliate TV station might prepare an avail which offers two weeks of spots in early and late news
*{{quote-book, 2004, Walter S. Ciciora et al., page=123, title=
, passage=At an avail , the ad server plays out the MPEG-2 audio/video elementary streams.}}
A press avail.
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Non-binding notice of availability for work.
(lb) A readily available stock of oil.
*{{quote-book, 1967, title=
, passage=Total crude oil avails (production plus purchases) of even highly "self-sufficient" refiners are far greater than their reported refinery inputs.}}
Import is a related term of avail.
As nouns the difference between import and avail
is that import is import (the act of importing) while avail is (lb) benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success.As a verb avail is
(transitive|often|reflexive) to turn to the advantage of.import
English
Etymology 1
(verb) From (etyl) importen, from (etyl) importer, from (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia import)Synonyms
* (significance) importancy, importance, meaning, significance, weightAntonyms
* (practice of importing) export * (something brought in from a foreign country) export * insignificanceVerb
(en verb)- How can I import files from older versions of this application?
Quotations
* (English Citations of "import")Derived terms
* importable * important * importer * importationAntonyms
* (bring in from a foreign country) exportEtymology 2
From (etyl) importare, and (etyl) importer, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- See how much it importeth to learn to take Time by the Fore-Top.''
- This Letter is mistooke: it importeth none here: It is writ to laquenetta.
- If I endure it, what imports it you?
- It imports us to get all the aid and assistance we can.
- It much imports your house That all should be made clear.
- Every petition always import a multitude of speakers together.
References
* English heteronyms ----avail
English
Verb
(en verb)- I availed myself of the opportunity.
- Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
- (Alexander Pope)
- The plea in court must avail .
- ''This scheme will not avail.
- Medicines will not avail to halt the disease.
- Words avail very little with me, young man.
citation
Antonyms
* disavailDerived terms
* available * disavailNoun
(en noun)A Monk of Fife
Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October:
Poetical Works (in English) of Thomas Campion
Telecommunications Management: Broadcasting/cable and the New Technologies, isbn=0070566984
Modern Cable Television Technology: Video, Voice, and Data Communications, isbn=1558608281
Interstate Compact on Oil and Gas (10th Extension), page=95