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ELEVEN-PLUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eleven-plus mean?
• ELEVEN-PLUS (noun)
The noun ELEVEN-PLUS has 1 sense:
1. (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school
Familiarity information: ELEVEN-PLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("eleven-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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