eligibles
- 1Plural of eligible.
The matchmaker kept a careful record of the town's most promising eligibles.
Among the eligibles invited to the ball, several were wealthy young bachelors.
Note
An adjective turned into a countable noun, and the -s is what proves it. English usually lets an adjective stand for a group without inflecting it, as in the eligible or the poor. The noun meaning one who is eligible takes a plural like any other noun. It carries both adjective meanings with it: people who meet the conditions for something, and people thought worth choosing for marriage.
eligibles is a form of eligible
eligible, noun: A person who meets the necessary conditions to be chosen or to participate. Full entry
- Forms
- eligibleeligibles plural
- Spelling
- eligible → eligibles: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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