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"word": "choosable"
},
{
"word": "licensed"
},
{
"word": "qualified"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "priemliv",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "приемлив"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhodjašt",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "подходящ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "elegible"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "valgbar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "kvalificeret"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "oikeutettu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "sovelias"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "sopiva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "kelvollinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "éligible"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "approprié"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "elixíbel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "berechtigt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "infrage kommend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "geeignet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "zulässig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "zulassungsfähig"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hairetós",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "αἱρετός"
},
{
"code": "hil",
"lang": "Hiligaynon",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "dápat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "jogosult"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "alkalmas"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "megfelelő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "szóba jöhető"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "eligibile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "eleggibile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "appropriato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "idoneo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "qualificato"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tekinin na",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "適任な"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yūshikaku no",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "有資格の"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "erabareru beki",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "選ばれるべき"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeokgyeog-ui",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "적격(適格)의"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeogim-ui",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "적임(適任)의"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "yn-reih"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "egna"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "valgbar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gotowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "elegível"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "apropriado"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "eligibil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gódnyj",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "го́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prigódnyj",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "приго́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "želátelʹnyj",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "жела́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podxodjáščij",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "подходя́щий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prijémlemyj",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "прие́млемый"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "погодан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "пожељан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "подобан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "прикладан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "pogodan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "poželjan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "podoban"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "prikladan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "elegible"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "propio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "cualificado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "apto"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "tagina",
"sense": "meeting the necessary requirements to participate; worthy of being chosen",
"word": "తగిన"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "worthy of being chosen (for marriage)",
"word": "elixíbel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "worthy of being chosen (for marriage)",
"word": "heiratswürdig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"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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"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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"args": {
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"2": "frm",
"3": "eligible"
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"expansion": "Middle French eligible",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "eligibilis"
},
"expansion": "Latin eligibilis",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ēligō",
"3": "",
"4": "select, choose"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
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"form": "eligibles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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{
"ref": "2007 October 3, Diane Ravitch, “Get Congress Out of the Classroom”, in New York Times",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"One who is eligible."
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"ipa": "/ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
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"tags": [
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"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who is eligible",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Berechtigte"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yūshikakusha",
"sense": "one who is eligible",
"word": "有資格者"
}
],
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}
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