eligible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen

   eligible to run for office

2. 2
   noun

   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.

3. 3
   adj

   Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something

4. 4
   adj

   Worthy of being chosen (for marriage).

Etymology

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