availability

noun

avail·​abil·​i·​ty ə-ˌvā-lə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

plural availabilities

1

: the quality or state of being available

trying to improve the availability of affordable housing

2

: an available person or thing

3

US : a usually brief session in which a public figure (such as a politician) is made available to answer questions from members of the press

a press availability

The rigors of campaigning are amply demonstrated in marathon days of radio and television talk shows, media availabilities, sessions with newspaper editorial boards … and fund-raising events.

—Steve Goldstein

Examples of availability in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

O'Neill said the company had made adjustments to how the firm's refining runs are set up to maximize the availability of products consumers most need at any point in time, citing jet fuel and diesel as an example. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

Released on January 10, 2025, Ad Vitam broke into Netflix’s top ten for non-English language films, generating some 54 million views, within the first month of its availability on the platform. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026

An orbital platform with return vehicles already positioned could help address that gap by separating the availability of return capacity from the timing of individual flights. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

Connect thresholds to severity, reach, persistence, reversibility, uncertainty, and the availability of meaningful customer recourse. — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing availability

• inter-availability

Rhymes for availability

• acceptability
• accessibility
• adaptability
• admissibility
• advisability
• affordability
• allowability
• amenability
• amiability
• appealability
• applicability
• believability