how to pronounce eligible

/ˈɛl.ɪ.dʒə.bəl/

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eligible is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of eligible in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… 90% of whom are eligible for free school …”

meaning of eligible

Eligible means able to be chosen or selected.

eligible frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word eligible occurs in english on average 13.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics eligible can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that eligible can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;