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el·i·gi·bil·i·ty
 eligibility
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- pronunciation:
- e
lih
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bI
lih
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
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the state or condition of being eligible, as for office, membership, marriage, or participation in some activity.
- similar words:
- qualification
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adjective + (n.)eligibility
academic,
athletic,
collegiate,
continued,
determining,
diagnostic,
educational,
expanded,
expanding,
final,
financial,
immediate,
immigrant,
initial,
institutional,
junior,
minimum,
patient,
racial,
remaining,
restrictive,
special,
strict,
universal
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verb + (n.)eligibility
assess,
calculate,
certify,
complete,
confirm,
count,
deny,
determine,
eliminate,
establish,
expand,
extend,
forfeit,
gain,
grant,
jeopardize,
limit,
lose,
lower,
meet,
preserve,
raise,
reduce,
regain,
restore,
restrict,
retain,
revoke,
screen,
select,
tighten,
verify
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(n.)eligibility
+ verb
base, benefit, expire, graduate, impose, naturalize, remain, rule, vary
noun + (n.)eligibility
admission,
affidavit,
arbitration,
assessment,
asset,
athlete,
basketball,
certificate,
college,
consideration,
criterion,
diagnosis,
draft,
education,
employment,
evaluation,
expansion,
freshman,
immigrant,
income,
parole,
pension,
player,
program,
purpose,
recipient,
referral,
regulation,
restriction,
retirement,
salary,
screening,
season,
variation,
welfare,
year
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The word eligibility
contains the following parts:
leg2, lect1, lig
Latin
root
that means gather; choose; read
  Example words:
collect, elect, election, eligibility, eligible, illegible, ineligible, lectern, lecture, legend, legible, neglect, select
-ability, -ibility, -bility, -ubility
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means ability to do, be, or undergo
More about this word part:
All adjectives ending in "-able," "-ible," "-uble" and "-ble" can combine with the suffix "-ity" to form nouns ending in -ability
, -ibility
, -ubility
, or -bility
.
Example words:
accountability, capability, eligibility, immobility, instability, irritability, reliability, respectability, sensibility, solubility, stability, volubility
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