Eligible
['elɪdʒɪb(ə)l] or ['ɛlɪdʒəbl]
Definition
(adj.) qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen; 'eligible to run for office'; 'eligible for retirement benefits'; 'an eligible bachelor' .
Typist: Trevor--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.
(a.) Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house.
Checker: Terrance
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Desirable, preferable, to be preferred, worthy of choice, fit to be chosen.[2]. Legally qualified.
Editor: Maureen
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Capable, suitable, worthy, desirable, preferable, choice, prime
ANT:Undesirable, worthless, unprofitable, ordinary, indifferent, ineligible
Edited by Bryan
Definition
adj. fit or worthy to be chosen: legally qualified: desirable.—n. (coll.) a person or thing eligible.—ns. El′igibleness Eligibil′ity fitness to be elected or chosen: the state of being preferable to something else: desirableness.—adv. El′igibly.
Typed by Damian
Examples
- I should not be surprised, said Darcy, if he were to give it up as soon as any eligible purchase offers. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You need be in no hurry to hear, he said: let me frankly tell you, I have nothing eligible or profitable to suggest. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- All red-headed men who are sound in body and mind and above the age of twenty-one years, are eligible. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- A dance at home would be more eligible; and if-- Ah, my dear Sir Thomas! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She had flirted with all the marriageable officers whom the depots of her country afforded, and all the bachelor squires who seemed eligible. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And what is particularly eligible in the property Mr Boffin, is, that it involves no trouble. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- No less than three offers followed Mr. Wynne's, all more or less eligible. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It would be a most eligible family connection. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Oh yes, you're eligible! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- After a moment's thought, Miss Crawford calmly replied, As far as I am concerned, I can have no objection to anything that you all think eligible. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A military life is not what I was intended for, but circumstances have now made it eligible. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mr Rokesmith is very punctual, very quiet, a very eligible inmate. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Eligible single gentlemen pass and repass--but there is no invitation for to inquire within or without. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If you say eligible, you are eligible. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A truly eligible addition was about to be made to the family connections. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A little too much, I think,' Miss Bella reflected scornfully, 'to have Pa's lodger laying claim to me, and keeping eligible people off! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I know she considers the Rochester estate eligible to the last degree; though (God pardon me! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I shall write to Mrs. Partridge in a day or two, and shall give her a strict charge to be on the look-out for any thing eligible. Jane Austen. Emma.
- There ought to be plenty of eligible matches invited to Freshitt and the Grange. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Every sister with an eligible single brother is considered most kind by her spinster friends. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- With such a representative, and--and a good medical man, I can fancy the place to be most eligible. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He might be deemed eligible by you and might be disposed to respond to this proposal. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My love, I trust that the time is not far distant when some--ha--eligible partner may be found for you. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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