eligibility

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌel.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌel.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌel.ə.d͡ʒəˈbəl.ə.ti/, [ˌel.ə.d͡ʒəˈbəl.ə.ɾi]

Noun

eligibility (usually uncountable, plural eligibilities)

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

   determine eligibility

   meet eligibility

   eligibility criteria

   She checked her eligibility for the scholarship.

   Citizenship is a requirement for eligibility.

Antonyms

• ineligibility

Derived terms

• reeligibility

Translations

quality of being eligible

• Finnish: kelpoisuus (fi)
• French: éligibilité (fr) f, admissibilité (fr) f
• Galician: elixibilidade (gl) f
• German: Berechtigung (de) f, Eignung (de) f, Geeignetheit f, Geeignetsein n, Tauglichkeit (de) f, Zulassungsfähigkeit f
• Greek: εκλογιμότητα (el) f (eklogimótita), αιρετότητα (el) f (airetótita)
• Hindi: पात्रता (hi) f (pātratā)
• Italian: idoneità (it)
• Japanese: 有資格 (ja) (yūshikaku), 適任 (ja) (tekinin)
• Malay: kelayakan (ms)
• Māori: māraurautanga
• Polish: wybieralność f, obieralność f, elekcyjność f
• Portuguese: elegibilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: eligibilitate (ro) f
• Russian: пригодность (ru) f (prigodnostʹ), приемлемость (ru) f (prijemlemostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: kvalificiranost (sh) f, podobnost (sh) f, prikladnost (sh) f, pogodnost (sh) f
• Spanish: elegibilidad (es) f
• Swedish: behörighet (sv) c
• Turkish: mukarenet (tr) (obsolete), mutabakat (tr) (obsolete), müsait olma, uygunluk (tr)
• Ukrainian: прийня́тність f (pryjnjátnistʹ)