eleven-plus

eleven-plus

n (Education) (esp formerly) an examination, taken by children aged 11 or 12, that determines the type of secondary education a child will be given

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eleven-plus - (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school11-plustesting, examination - the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learnedBritain, 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