ELIGIBLE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

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Meaning of eligible in English eligibleadjective uk /ˈel.ɪ.dʒə.bəl/ us /ˈel.ə.dʒə.bəl/ Add to word list Add to word list C1 having the necessary qualities or satisfying the necessary conditions: eligible for Are you eligible for early retirement/maternity leave? You might be eligible for a grant.eligible to Only people over 18 are eligible to vote. An eligible person is not married and is thought to be a suitable future marriage partner, especially because they are rich and attractive: eligible bachelor I can think of several eligible bachelors of my acquaintance.
  • She hopes to be eligible for parole in 3 years.
  • Is he eligible for a pension?
  • A model prisoner, he became eligible for release after serving half his sentence.
  • Is she eligible to enter the competition?
  • Kernaghan is eligible to play for Eire.
Suitable and acceptable
  • able
  • acceptability
  • acceptable
  • acceptably
  • accepted
  • convenience
  • correctly
  • correctness
  • decent
  • decently
  • do the decent thing
  • felicity
  • just what the doctor ordered idiom
  • legitimate
  • practical
  • proper
  • properly
  • quality
  • re-eligibility
  • re-eligible
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eligibility (Definition of eligible from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

eligible | American Dictionary

eligibleadjective us /ˈel·ɪ·dʒə·bəl/ Add to word list Add to word list having the necessary qualities or fulfilling the necessary conditions: an eligible voter You have to be employed six months to be eligible for medical benefits. If you refer to a man or a woman as eligible, you mean the man or woman is not married and is desirable as a marriage partner: The magazine listed 50 of the world’s most eligible bachelors.

eligibility

noun [ U ] us /ˌel·ə·dʒəˈbɪl·ət̬·i/ (Definition of eligible from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

eligible | Business English

eligibleadjective uk /ˈelɪdʒəbl/ us Add to word list Add to word list allowed to do or receive something because you satisfy certain conditions: eligible citizens/customers/employees The company will offer its 104,000 eligible employees a stock option scheme this year.eligible to do sth Nearly two-thirds of the company's current employees will be eligible to retire within five years. Of 9,475 students, 1,323 were eligible for a scholarship. (Definition of eligible from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of eligible

eligible A total of 92 % of eligible infants were recruited. From the Cambridge English Corpus Administrative staff in enhanced and usual care practices completed an 8-hour training session on recruiting eligible patients using a two-stage screening process. From the Cambridge English Corpus Of the initially eligible students, 95.3 % participated in the study. From the Cambridge English Corpus Typically, only full-time employees are eligible for benefits. From the Cambridge English Corpus To be eligible to participate, families had to have at least one child and both parents had to work outside the home. From the Cambridge English Corpus Patients were not eligible if they had used systemic glucocorticoids up to one year prior to the study. From the Cambridge English Corpus In short, in some areas, social policy could treat both resident and non-resident parents as eligible parents for the one child. From the Cambridge English Corpus So, if the average daily eligible population was 240 000 over the course of a year, the average apparent adjusted population was also 240 000. From the Cambridge English Corpus They also worried that the addition of the working poor would expand by millions the numbers of those eligible for assistance. From the Cambridge English Corpus That is, those people who have not expressly opposed donating their organs are considered eligible for donation. From the Cambridge English Corpus As with national schemes, local agencies were only able to provide for a small fraction of potentially eligible claimants. From the Cambridge English Corpus Eligible recipients are insured full benefits and thus all obligatory costs eventually must be met. From the Cambridge English Corpus Furthermore, comparison of participants and the eligible population show that sample attrition is an unlikely source of confounding in this investigation. From the Cambridge English Corpus The sample of 190 caregivers constituted 97 % of eligible caregivers (six refused to participate). From the Cambridge English Corpus Some of them would however be eligible for a contributory pension that is granted at 70 with only 15 years of contribution. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of eligible?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 具備條件的, 有資格的, 合格的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 具备条件的, 有资格的, 合格的… See more in Spanish tener derecho a, cotizado, idóneo/nea [masculine-feminine]… See more in Portuguese ter direito a algo, desejável, qualificado/-da [masculine-feminine]… See more in Marathi in Turkish in French in Japanese in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish पात्र, अविवाहित तरुण… See more hak sahibi, hakkı olan, uygun… See more éligible, qualifié, admissible… See more ふさわしい… See more geschikt, in aanmerking komend… See more தேவையான குணங்களைக் கொண்டிருப்பது அல்லது தேவையான நிபந்தனைகளை பூர்த்தி செய்வது, ஒரு தகுதியான நபர் திருமணமாகாதவர் மற்றும் பொருத்தமான எதிர்கால திருமணத் துணையாக கருதப்படுகிறார், குறிப்பாக அவர்கள் பணக்காரர்கள் மற்றும் கவர்ச்சிகரமானவர்கள்.… See more उपयुक्त, के पात्र होना, योग्य… See more લાયક, પાત્ર, વિવાહ યોગ્ય… See more kvalificeret, valgbar… See more passande, lämplig, kvalificerad… See more sesuai, layak… See more geeignet, berechtigt… See more valgbar, berettiget, egnet… See more مجاز ہونا, قابلِ انتخاب, اہل… See more підхожий, придатний, такий… See more అవసరమైన లక్షణాలను కలిగి ఉండటం లేక అవసరమైన పరిస్థితులను సంతృప్తిపరచడం, అర్హత కలిగిన వ్యక్తి వివాహం చేసుకోలేదు మరియు భవిష్యత్ వివాహ భాగస్వామిగా భావిస్తారు, ప్రత్యేకించి వారు ధనవంతులు మరియు ఆకర్షణీయంగా ఉంటారు.… See more যোগ্য, বিবাহযোগ্য… See more přijatelný, způsobilý… See more laik, memenuhi syarat, berhak… See more เหมาะสม, คุณสมบัตเหมาะ… See more thích hợp, có đủ tư cách… See more mający prawo, uprawniony, do wzięcia… See more Need a translator?

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