Meaning & use
Availing
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Making use of an opportunity or resource, especially to one's own benefit.
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Students are availing themselves of the free tutoring offered this semester.
The company is availing itself of new tax incentives for green energy.
A note on using this word
Almost always used with a reflexive pronoun in the pattern 'avail oneself of,' this verb has a formal, somewhat old-fashioned tone.
Words with a similar meaning
utilizingexploiting
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