Eligible and Sole

Eligible

Eligible adjective - Qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen.

Sole and eligible are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sole" instead an adjective "Eligible".

Nearby Words: eligibility, eligibly

Sole

Sole adjective - Belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named.

Eligible and sole are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Eligible" instead an adjective "Sole".

Nearby Words: solely, soled, soling

Both words in one sentence

  • In Pride and Prejudice, Mrs Bennet's sole goal in life is to ensure that her daughters are married to eligible, respectable gentlemen, a goal she throws herself into with single-minded obsession.
  • And it had a short run at the Disney-owned El Capitan Theatre in LA, for the sole purpose of making it eligible for Oscar submission.
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