TO LITTLE / NO AVAIL

Meaning of TO LITTLE / NO AVAIL in English

( formal ) with little or no success :

The doctors tried everything to keep him alive but to no avail.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LITTLE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LITTLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Little Armenia Little Entente Little League little magazine Little Missouri River Little Richard Little …
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
LITTLE — I. ˈlid. ə l, -it ə l sometimes when not heavily stressed (ˌ)lil esp when a vowel follows adjective ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AVAIL — I. əˈvāl, esp bef pause or cons -āəl verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English availen, probably from a- (as …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AVAIL — (n.) Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.
Английский словарь Webster
AVAIL — (v. i.) To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to …
Английский словарь Webster
AVAIL — ( v. i. ) To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NO — no 1 /noh/ , adv., adj., n., pl. noes, nos , v. adv. 1. (a negative used to express dissent, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LITTLE — — littlish /lit"l ish, lit"lish/ , adj. — littleness , n. /lit"l/ , adj., littler or less or lesser, littlest …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AVAIL — — availingly , adv. /euh vayl"/ , v.t. 1. to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NO — I. ˈnō adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nā, from ne not + ā always; akin to Old Norse …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LITTLE — I. ˈli-t ə l adjective ( lit·tler ˈli-t ə l-ər, ˈlit-lər ; or less ˈles ; or less·er ˈle-sər ; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AVAIL — I. ə-ˈvāl verb Etymology: Middle English, Anglo-French availler, probably from a- (from Latin ad- ) + valer, valoir to be …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LITTLE — noun a small degree or scale; miniature. 2. little ·adj short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep. 3. little …
Webster English vocab
AVAIL — vt & ·vi ·see avale, v. 2. avail ·noun proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction. 3. avail …
Webster English vocab
AVAIL — [avail] vb [ME, prob. fr. a- (as in abaten to abate) + vailen to avail, fr. OF valoir to be …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AVAIL — avail BrE AmE ə ˈveɪ ə l ▷ avail|ed d ▷ avail|ing ɪŋ ▷ avail|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NO — / nəʊ; NAmE noʊ/ exclamation , determiner , adverb , noun ■ exclamation 1. used to give a negative reply …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LITTLE — / ˈlɪtl; NAmE / adjective , determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ adjective [ usually before noun ] HELP NOTE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AVAIL — / əˈveɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun • IDIOMS - to little / no avail - of little …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — I. no 1 S1 W1 /nəʊ $ noʊ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: na , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LITTLE — I. lit ‧ tle 1 S1 W1 /ˈlɪtl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: lytel ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AVAIL — I. a ‧ vail 1 /əˈveɪl/ BrE AmE noun to/of no avail if something you do is to no avail …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NO — adv. & n. --adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LITTLE — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (littler, littlest; less or lesser; least) 1 small in size, amount, degree, etc.; not great …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AVAIL — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. help, benefit. 2 refl. (foll. by of) profit by; take advantage of. 3 intr. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adv. & n. adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LITTLE — adj., n., & adv. adj. (littler, littlest; less or lesser; least) 1 small in size, amount, degree, etc.; not great …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AVAIL — v. & n. v. 1 tr. help, benefit. 2 refl. (foll. by of) profit by; take advantage of. 3 intr. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — 1. adj.1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
LITTLE — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (littler, littlest; less or lesser; least) 1. small in size, amount, degree, etc.; not great …
Oxford English vocab
AVAIL — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. help, benefit. 2 refl. (foll. by of) profit by; take advantage of. 3 intr. …
Oxford English vocab
LITTLE — I. DETERMINER, QUANTIFIER, AND ADVERB USES /lɪt(ə)l/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — ( noes, or no’s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AVAIL — ( avails, availing, availed) 1. If you do something to no avail or to little avail , what you do …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LITTLE — I. DETERMINER, QUANTIFIER, AND ADVERB USES Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
AVAIL — I. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An increasingly concerned international community also sounded the alarm, but to no avail . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LITTLE — n. Little Armenia Little Bighorn Battle of the Little Entente Little League little magazine Little Missouri River Little Richard Little …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LITTLE — See: A LITTLE, A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING, GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW, LITTLE FROG IN A …
Slang English vocab
AVAIL — See: TO NO AVAIL or OF NO AVAIL.
Slang English vocab
NO — INDEX: 1. ways of saying no to a question, request, or suggestion 2. to say no to a question, request …
Longman Activator English vocab
LITTLE — INDEX: a small amount 1. a small amount of a substance 2. a very small amount of a substance 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
LITTLE — See ↑ LITTLE 7, ↑ SHORT 7, ↑ SMALL 1, ↑ YOUNG 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a little • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
LITTLE — n. 25B6; adjective a little writing desk : SMALL, small-scale, compact; mini, miniature, tiny, minute, minuscule; toy, baby, pocket, undersized, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AVAIL — n. 25B6; verb guests can avail themselves of the facilities : USE, take advantage of, utilize, employ. his arguments cannot …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LITTLE — adj. 1 small, short, slight, tiny, minute, diminutive, miniature, mini, baby, doll-sized, undersized, dwarf, midget, pygmy, elfin, toy, bantam, petite, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LITTLE — See: A LITTLE, A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING, GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW, LITTLE FROG IN A …
Словарь английских идиом
AVAIL — See: TO NO AVAIL or OF NO AVAIL.
Словарь английских идиом
LITTLE — I adverb 1 BAD : It was my first interview and I was nervous a little. GOOD : It was …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NO — 1. нареч. 1) нет no, I don't want ≈ нет, не хочу 2) не no less than whether or no …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LITTLE — 1. прил.; сравн. - less, lesser; превосх. - least 1) маленький, небольшой, малый (о размере); малочисленный (о количестве) little finger …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AVAIL — 1. сущ. 1) выгода, польза of avail ≈ полезный of no avail ≈ бесполезный Syn : use, benefit 2) прибыль, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LITTLE — little.ogg 1. ʹlıtl n 1> немногое, небольшое количество; самая малость we must keep what little we have - мы должны …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AVAIL — avail.ogg 1. əʹveıl n 1. польза, выгода of avail - полезный, пригодный of no avail, without avail - бесполезный we …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LITTLE — little прил.; сравн. - less, lesser; превосх. ст. - least1) маленький, небольшой, малый (о размере); малочисленный (о количестве) little finger …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
AVAIL — польза, выгода; прибыль, доход приносить пользу, быть полезным, помогать, содействовать, быть выгодным, пригодным использовать (что-л.), воспользоваться (чем-л. - of) avails …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NO — 1. nəʋ n ( pl noes nəʋz ) 1. отрицание, нет two noes make a yes - два отрицания равны …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LITTLE — 1. ʹlıtl n 1) немногое, небольшое количество; самая малость we must keep what little we have - мы должны беречь …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AVAIL — 1. əʹveıl n 1. польза, выгода of avail - полезный, пригодный of no avail, without avail - бесполезный we tried …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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