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eligible

/ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/US/ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/

eligible adjective: allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something.

Adjective

eligible (comparative more eligible, superlative most eligible)

  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

Noun

eligible (plural eligibles)

  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

eligible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

eligible in Hindi

eligible, qualified
योग्य yogya

eligible in Tamil

தகுதி தகவுடைய, தகுதியுடைய, தகுந்த

eligible in Urdu

eligible, qualified
یوگیہ yogya

eligible in Bengali

eligible; competent, able, efficient
যোগ্য jōggo
More languagesFewer languages
eligible in Telugu
తగిన tagina
eligible in Malayalam
യോഗ്യതയുള്ള, അനുയോജ്യമായ, വരണയോഗ്യമായ
eligible in Kannada
ಅರ್ಹ, ಯೋಗ್ಯ, ಅಪೇಕ್ಷಣೀಯ, ಉಚಿತ
eligible in Punjabi
ਯੋਗ
eligible in Nepali
योग्य

Examples of eligible in a sentence

  • The college graduated him as soon as he was no longer eligible to play under NCAA rules.
  • Barcelona is eligible to play in FIFA Club World Cup as the champion of Europe.
  • As a Commonwealth citizen, you are eligible to vote in United Kingdom elections.

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Synonyms of eligible

Antonyms

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Forms of eligible

Adjective
comparativemore eligible
superlativemost eligible
Noun
pluraleligibles

Origin of eligible

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

Words formed from eligible

Questions about eligible

What does eligible mean?
Eligible means allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something.
What is eligible in Hindi?
Eligible in Hindi is योग्य (yogya). See Eligible meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is eligible?
Eligible can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce eligible?
Eligible is pronounced /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/ (UK).

Words near eligible in the dictionary

  1. elifs
  2. elig.
  3. Eliga
  4. eligibilities
  5. eligibility
  6. eligible
  7. eligibleness
  8. eligibles
  9. eligibly
  10. eliglustat
  11. Eligon

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eligible (page history and authors); योग्य (Hindi) (page history and authors); eligible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); یوگیہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); যোগ্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); eligible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eligible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eligible (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eligible (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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