different between eligible vs equipped
eligible
English
Etymology
From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ?lig? (“select, choose”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l?d??b(?)l/
Adjective
eligible (comparative more eligible, superlative most eligible)
- allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
- worthy of being chosen (for marriage)
Usage notes
Used in the phrase eligible bachelor to mean “desirable male”, the corresponding term for a woman is nubile.
Synonyms
- qualified
Antonyms
- ineligible
- unqualified
Related terms
- eligibility
- eligibly
- elite
- elect
- elegant
- choosable
- licensed
See also
- illegible
Translations
Noun
eligible (plural eligibles)
- One who is eligible.
Translations
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin eligibilis.
Adjective
eligible m or f (plural eligibles)
- choosable; selectable (that one can choose)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (eligible, supplement)
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equipped
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??kw?pt/
- Rhymes: -?pt
- Hyphenation: equipped
Verb
equipped
- simple past tense and past participle of equip
equipped From the web:
- what equipped means
- equipped what does it mean
- what is equipped powerlifting
- what does equipped
- what do equipped mean
- what does equipped mean in the bible
- what is equipped camping
- what does equipped kitchen mean
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