Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eleven plus

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: eleven -plus
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

British usage

Example Sentences

"The fact that late developers emerged, ripe for grammar school education, having 'failed' the eleven plus test, was embarrassing."
"As one vociferous eleven-plus critic put it, when Winston Churchill was a boy he produced nothing more than "a large blob of ink" on his entrance exam."

Etymology

From eleven + plus, eleven years being the minimum age of students taking the test.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

eleven pluses (plural) 11 plus (alternative) 11+ (alternative)

Questions

What does eleven plus mean?: 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.
Where does eleven plus come from?: From eleven + plus, eleven years being the minimum age of students taking the test.

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