Meaning & use
eligible
Qualified or entitled to do, receive, or take part in something, according to specific rules or requirements.
See it in a sentence
Only students with a certain grade point average are eligible for the scholarship.
He became eligible to vote as soon as he turned eighteen.
A note on using this word
Eligible is typically followed by 'for' before a noun and 'to' before a verb, as in 'eligible for a refund' or 'eligible to apply.'
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
ineligibleunqualified
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