Eleven plus exam — In the United Kingdom, the 11 plus or Eleven plus is an examination administered to some students in their last year of primary education, governing admission to various types of secondary school. The name derives from the age group for secondary … Wikipedia
eleven-plus — noun (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school • Syn: ↑11 plus • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern… … Useful english dictionary
eleven-plus — [ē lev′ənplus′, i lev′ənplus′] n. Brit. an examination given in school, esp. formerly, at about the age of eleven to determine whether a pupil will go to a vocational or academic secondary school * * * n an examination that used to be taken in… … Universalium
eleven-plus — n. an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students in England to select suitable candidates for grammar school; now no longer used. Syn: 11 plus. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eleven-plus — [ē lev′ənplus′, i lev′ənplus′] n. Brit. an examination given in school, esp. formerly, at about the age of eleven to determine whether a pupil will go to a vocational or academic secondary school … English World dictionary
eleven-plus — ► NOUN ▪ (in the UK, especially formerly) an examination taken at the age of 11 12 to determine the type of secondary school a child should enter … English terms dictionary
eleven plus — noun An examination formerly administered to all students in their final year of primary education, now used only in a few counties of England and Northern Ireland. The fact that late developers emerged, ripe for grammar school education, having… … Wiktionary
eleven-plus — noun the eleven plus an examination which children in Britain aged 11 took in the past in order to decide what type of education they would have … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
eleven-plus — e.leven plus also 11 plus n [singular] an examination that all children in Britain used to take at the age of 11 in order to decide what kind of ↑secondary school they should go to. In some areas, children still take this examination … Dictionary of contemporary English
eleven-plus — e,leven plus noun singular an examination taken in the past by children in the U.K. at the age of eleven to decide which kind of school they would go to … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English