eleven-plus

noun

(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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Words nearby eleven-plus

elevator muscle of upper lip and wing of nose, elevator music, elevator pitch, elevator shoe, eleven, eleven-plus, elevenses, eleventh, eleventh amendment, eleventh chord, eleventh cranial nerve
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