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Princeton's WordNet

  1. eligibilitynoun

    the quality or state of being eligible

    "eligibility of a candidate for office"; "eligibility for a loan"

Wiktionary

  1. eligibilitynoun

    The state, quality, or the fact of being eligible.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Eligibilitynoun

    Worthiness to be chosen.

    Etymology: from eligible.

    The business of the will is not to judge concerning the nature of things, but to chuse them in consequence of the report made by the understanding, as to their eligibility or goodness. Richard Fiddes, Sermons.

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  1. eligibility

    Eligibility refers to the state or condition of being qualified or suitable to be chosen, to participate, or to receive benefits, rights, or privileges. It often depends on meeting certain requirements or criteria set by an authority, institution, or organization.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Eligibilitynoun

    the quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. ligibilit.]

Editors Contribution

  1. eligibility

    The act, quality or fact of being eligible.

    They were eligible to avail of the solar panel grant and were delighted to complete it before their wedding.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 27, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of eligibility in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of eligibility in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of eligibility in a Sentence

  1. Vermont Labor Commissioner Lindsay Kurrle:

    Vermont Labor really does turn to the states to determine eligibility.

  2. Rochelle Walensky:

    Most kids will not be vaccinated or fully vaccinated before the end of this year and we're going to work on updating our school guidance, so much evolved just in This Week, both with our guidance -- with unmask if you're vaccinated -- as well as the eligibility of vaccination for 12 to 15 year olds. So yes, we do have to rapidly update our camp guidance and we're working on that right now.

  3. Al Schmidt:

    The deadline today isn't so much challenging the ballots, it's challenging the voters' eligibility to cast a ballot.

  4. Michael Zona:

    It is not the role of the Republican Party to determine eligibility beyond verifying party affiliation, and as Mr. Trump is a registered Republican in the state of New York, he is eligible to compete in New Hampshire's presidential primary. We do not support any effort to challenge his filing.

  5. Richard Budgett:

    International Olympic Committee’s important we broaden the evidence base. There is some interesting research that needs to come to conclusion, and that will give us much more information about performance which is the issue which is really key to determining eligibility.

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