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11-PLUS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does 11-plus mean? 

11-PLUS (noun)
  The noun 11-PLUS has 1 sense:

1. (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar schoolplay

  Familiarity information: 11-PLUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


11-PLUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

11-plus; eleven-plus

Hypernyms ("11-plus" is a kind of...):

examination; testing (the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


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