eligible
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
/ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/
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/ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/ · /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/ · /ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/ · /ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/
Definition of eligible
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
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adj
- Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
- Worthy of being chosen (for marriage).
noun
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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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“select, choose”).
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