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eligible en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“to select, to choose”).

Meanings

  1. Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something.
  2. Worthy of being chosen (for marriage).
    • an eligible bachelor

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more eligible Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most eligible Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

ineligible · unqualified

Deriveds

reeligible · noneligible · eligibleness · semieligible · uneligible · ultraeligible · semi-eligible · supereligible

Relateds

elite · illegible · elect · eligibility · elegant · eligibly

Synonyms

choosable · qualified · licensed

Translations (62)

ko 적격(適格)의 (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · da valgbar (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · ru жела́тельный (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · fr admissible (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · ru подходя́щий (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · sh погодан (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · gl elixíbel (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · fi sovelias (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · hu szóba jöhető (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · hu alkalmas (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · nb valgbar (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · sh poželjan (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · de berechtigt (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · te తగిన (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · da kvalificeret (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · sh pogodan (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · hu partiképes (worthy of being chosen (for marriage)) · hu jogosult (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · gv yn-reih (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · it qualificato (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · ru го́дный (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · de begehrt (worthy of being chosen (for marriage)) · de geeignet (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · fi oikeutettu (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · da attråværdig (worthy of being chosen (for marriage)) · sh prikladan (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · ro eligibil (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · fr éligible (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · de heiratswürdig (worthy of being chosen (for marriage)) · sh podoban (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · it eleggibile (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · es idóneo (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · pt elegível (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · sh прикладан (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · no egna (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · sh подобан (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · de zulässig (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · es eligible (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · de infrage kommend (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · it idoneo (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · fi sopiva (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · ja 選ばれるべき (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · ru прие́млемый (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · ia eligibile (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · bg подходящ (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · mi māraurau (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · de zulassungsfähig (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · da passende (worthy of being chosen (for marriage)) · fi kelvollinen (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · ja 有資格の (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · ja 適任な (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · hil dápat (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · grc αἱρετός (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · fi kelpoinen (worthy of being chosen (for marriage)) · sh пожељан (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · pl gotowy (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · ru приго́дный (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · hu megfelelő (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · ca elegible (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · ko 적임(適任)의 (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · bg приемлив (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something) · gl elixíbel (worthy of being chosen (for marriage))

eligible en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“to select, to choose”).

Meanings

  1. One who is eligible.
    • Federal agencies report that only about 1 percent of eligible students take advantage of switching schools and fewer than 20 percent of eligibles receive extra tutoring. 2007 October 3, Diane Ravitch, “Get Congress Out of the Classroom”, in New York Times:

Forms

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eligibles Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (2)

ja 有資格者 (one who is eligible) · de Berechtigte (one who is eligible)