eligible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Having the right to do or receive something because you meet the necessary conditions.

   You are eligible to vote once you turn eighteen.

2. 2
   adj

   Seen as a good and desirable choice for marriage.

   He was considered one of the most eligible bachelors in town.

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

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