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eligible

Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/

The English word “eligible” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

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

noun

  1. One who is eligible.

Etymology

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

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