Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Worthiness or fitness to be chosen; the state or quality of a thing which renders it desirable or preferable to another.
- noun Capability of being chosen to an office; the condition of being qualified to be chosen; legal qualification for election or appointment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being eligible; eligibleness
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state, quality, or the fact of being
eligible .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality or state of being eligible
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Examples
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When I use the word "eligibility" I am referring to the most important piece of the recruiting puzzle because without it you will not play or get a scholarship.
Philip Hunt: Prospects Beware! Philip Hunt 2011
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When I use the word "eligibility" I am referring to the most important piece of the recruiting puzzle because without it you will not play or get a scholarship.
Philip Hunt: Prospects Beware! Philip Hunt 2011
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When I use the word "eligibility" I am referring to the most important piece of the recruiting puzzle because without it you will not play or get a scholarship.
Philip Hunt: Prospects Beware! Philip Hunt 2011
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When I use the word "eligibility" I am referring to the most important piece of the recruiting puzzle because without it you will not play or get a scholarship.
Philip Hunt: Prospects Beware! Philip Hunt 2011
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When I use the word "eligibility" I am referring to the most important piece of the recruiting puzzle because without it you will not play or get a scholarship.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Philip Hunt 2011
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However, the year of eligibility is not one of those areas.
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Update sfawardswatch 2009
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Many don't graduate and are gone once their eligibility is used up or they pass the age bar to go pro.
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He will likely find himself in a battle with sophomore Jerome Tiller for the starting spot once Austen Arnaud's eligibility is exhausted after the 2010 season.
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That way all of our soldiers, who protect our freedom and security, can refuse to take orders from a president whose eligibility is seriously questionable.
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WR Brandon Smith, who missed the entire 2007 and 2009 seasons due to injury, was granted an extra year of eligibility from the NCAA. —
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