eligible

IPA: ˈɛɫʌdʒʌbʌɫ

Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
Worthy of being chosen (for marriage).

Examples of "eligible" in Sentences

Thanks to Brissenden, his black suit was out of pawn and he was again eligible for dinner parties.
April 25, 2009 - Families living in eligible areas of Montgomery County are invited to join the Study.
The benefit is they remain eligible to enter legally in the future whereas those involuntarily deported are subject to a strict ten year bar.
The term 'eligible beneficiary' means any individual who is an active enrollee in the CLASS program and, as of the date described in subparagraph B
The Recovery Act allowed investors to exclude 75% of their profits if they invested in eligible small businesses between mid-February 2009 and the end of this year.
But recently, city officials have been concerned whether Mr. Smith's group would be able to meet a year-end deadline to remain eligible for the $20 million of federally backed financing.
"What he's done and what he's done to reclaim his career and seemingly the kind of person that he has become makes him -- I don't even want to use the word eligible -- but you know, it's time," he said.
Fredrik Wentzel (Almtuna) — Second-year eligible is a classic late bloomer who has come out of nowhere and continued to impress us by taking Almtuna to the Swedish Elite League qualifying round, posting great numbers.