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ELIGIBLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen
Example:
an eligible bachelor
Classified under:
Similar:
bailable (eligible for bail)
desirable; suitable; worthy (worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse)
entitled (qualified for by right according to law)
in line (awaiting something; especially something due)
legal (allowed by official rules)
pensionable (entitled to receive a pension)
Also:
qualified (meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task)
Antonym:
ineligible (not eligible)
Derivation:
elect (select by a vote for an office or membership)
eligibility (the quality or state of being eligible)
Context examples:
The criteria in a protocol that prospective subjects must meet to be eligible for participation in a study.
(Inclusion Criteria, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The patient will be admitted into a medical center which is eligible to receive funding from Medicaid but not Medicare.
(Nursing Facility Certified Under Medicaid but Not Certified Under Medicare, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The date (and time) the subject has been registered to the study assuming they have finished screening and have been found eligible.
(Performed Study Subject Milestone Registration Date, NCI Thesaurus)
A clinical study that includes some, but not all, of the eligible patients identified by the researchers during the study registration period.
(Nonconsecutive case series, NCI Dictionary)
A medical center which is eligible to receive funding from Medicaid but not Medicare.
(Nursing Facility Certified Under Medicaid but Not Certified Under Medicare, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
You need to sign up as soon as you are eligible for Medicare.
(Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
Starting with FY1999 Pre-and Post-doctoral fellows became eligible for DCEG Intramural Research Awards.
(Intramural Research Award, NCI Thesaurus)
“Do I understand, my dear Mr. Traddles, that, at the expiration of that period, Mr. Micawber would be eligible as a Judge or Chancellor?”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
People over 65 years old, younger disabled people, and dialysis patients are eligible for the program regardless of their income.
(Medicare, NCI Thesaurus)
Children who are eligible for adoption come from many different settings.
(Adoption, NIH)
