"eligible" meaning in English

See eligible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ [General-American], /ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eligible.wav Forms: more eligible [comparative], most eligible [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“select, choose”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{der|en|frm|eligible}} Middle French eligible, {{der|en|la|eligibilis}} Latin eligibilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} eligible (comparative more eligible, superlative most eligible)
  1. Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something Translations (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something): αἱρετός (hairetós) (Ancient Greek), приемлив (priemliv) (Bulgarian), подходящ (podhodjašt) (Bulgarian), elegible (Catalan), valgbar (Danish), kvalificeret (Danish), oikeutettu (Finnish), sovelias (Finnish), sopiva (Finnish), kelvollinen (Finnish), éligible (French), admissible (French), elixíbel [feminine, masculine] (Galician), berechtigt (German), infrage kommend (German), geeignet (German), zulässig (German), zulassungsfähig (German), dápat (Hiligaynon), jogosult (Hungarian), alkalmas (Hungarian), megfelelő (Hungarian), szóba jöhető (Hungarian), eligibile (Interlingua), eleggibile (Italian), idoneo (Italian), qualificato (Italian), 適任な (tekinin na) (Japanese), 有資格の (yūshikaku no) (Japanese), 選ばれるべき (erabareru beki) (Japanese), 적격(適格)의 (jeokgyeog-ui) (Korean), 적임(適任)의 (jeogim-ui) (Korean), yn-reih (Manx), māraurau (Maori), egna (Norwegian), valgbar (Norwegian Bokmål), gotowy [masculine] (Polish), elegível (Portuguese), eligibil [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), го́дный (gódnyj) (Russian), приго́дный (prigódnyj) (Russian), жела́тельный (želátelʹnyj) (Russian), подходя́щий (podxodjáščij) (Russian), прие́млемый (prijémlemyj) (Russian), погодан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), пожељан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), подобан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), прикладан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), pogodan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), poželjan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), podoban [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), prikladan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), elegible (Spanish), cualificado (Spanish), apto (Spanish), aplicadero (Spanish), aplicable (Spanish), idóneo (Spanish), తగిన (tagina) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-eligible-en-adj-WYJ3qpUB Categories (other): English calculator words, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hiligaynon translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Telugu translations Disambiguation of English calculator words: 59 19 22 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 20 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 60 22 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 58 24 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 21 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 53 32 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 57 24 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 53 29 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 61 22 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 57 24 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 60 24 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 57 24 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 60 24 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hiligaynon translations: 55 25 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 54 22 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 59 25 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 61 22 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 61 22 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 55 27 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 55 27 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 55 27 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 56 25 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 57 24 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 60 24 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 24 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 57 24 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 61 22 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 52 25 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 61 22 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 55 25 20 Disambiguation of 'meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something': 88 12
  2. Worthy of being chosen (for marriage). Translations (worthy of being chosen (for marriage)): passende (Danish), attråværdig (Danish), kelpoinen (Finnish), elixíbel (Galician), heiratswürdig (German), begehrt (German), partiképes (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-eligible-en-adj-mxgBqkZB Disambiguation of 'worthy of being chosen (for marriage)': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: choosable, licensed, qualified Derived forms: eligibleness, noneligible, reeligible, supereligible, ultraeligible, uneligible Related terms: elect, elegant, eligibility, eligibly, elite, illegible

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ [General-American], /ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eligible.wav Forms: eligibles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“select, choose”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{der|en|frm|eligible}} Middle French eligible, {{der|en|la|eligibilis}} Latin eligibilis Head templates: {{en-noun}} eligible (plural eligibles)
  1. One who is eligible. Translations (one who is eligible): Berechtigte [feminine, masculine] (German), 有資格者 (yūshikakusha) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-eligible-en-noun-pPHijbBJ

Inflected forms

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        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "priemliv",
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          "word": "приемлив"
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          "roman": "podhodjašt",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "подходящ"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "elegible"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "valgbar"
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          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "kvalificeret"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "oikeutettu"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "sovelias"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "sopiva"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "kelvollinen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "éligible"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "admissible"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "elixíbel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "berechtigt"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "infrage kommend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "geeignet"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "zulässig"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "zulassungsfähig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hairetós",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "αἱρετός"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hil",
          "lang": "Hiligaynon",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "dápat"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "jogosult"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "alkalmas"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "megfelelő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "szóba jöhető"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "eligibile"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "eleggibile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "idoneo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "qualificato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tekinin na",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "適任な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yūshikaku no",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "有資格の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "erabareru beki",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "選ばれるべき"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeokgyeog-ui",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "적격(適格)의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeogim-ui",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "적임(適任)의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "yn-reih"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "māraurau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "egna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "valgbar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gotowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "elegível"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "eligibil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gódnyj",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "го́дный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prigódnyj",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "приго́дный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "želátelʹnyj",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "жела́тельный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podxodjáščij",
          "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
          "word": "подходя́щий"
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      "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
      "word": "прие́млемый"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "погодан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
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      "word": "пожељан"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "подобан"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "прикладан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "pogodan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "poželjan"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "prikladan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
      "word": "elegible"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
      "word": "cualificado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
      "word": "apto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
      "word": "aplicadero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
      "word": "aplicable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
      "word": "idóneo"
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    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "tagina",
      "sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something",
      "word": "తగిన"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "worthy of being chosen (for marriage)",
      "word": "passende"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "worthy of being chosen (for marriage)",
      "word": "attråværdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "worthy of being chosen (for marriage)",
      "word": "kelpoinen"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "worthy of being chosen (for marriage)",
      "word": "elixíbel"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "worthy of being chosen (for marriage)",
      "word": "heiratswürdig"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "worthy of being chosen (for marriage)",
      "word": "begehrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "worthy of being chosen (for marriage)",
      "word": "partiképes"
    }
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    "eligible bachelor"
  ],
  "word": "eligible"
}

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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who is eligible",
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