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1 ♦ eleven
♦ eleven /ɪˈlɛvn/a. e n.1 undici: eleven ships, undici navi; Eleven is my lucky number, l'undici è il mio numero fortunato; There are eleven of them, sono in undici; Eleven out of sixteen students will go to Rome, undici studenti su sedici andranno a Roma; an eleven-date tour, una tournée di undici date2 undici ( anni d'età): She's eleven, ha undici anni; an eleven-year-old, un ragazzino (o una ragazzina) di undici anni, un undicenne, un'undicenne3 le undici ( ora): at eleven o'clock sharp, alle undici in punto; half ( past) eleven, le undici e mezza● (in GB, stor.) eleven-plus ( examination), esame obbligatorio di accesso alla scuola secondaria NOTE DI CULTURA: eleven-plus: sostenuto all'età di 11-12 anni: la promozione indirizzava alla ► «grammar school» (► grammar), la bocciatura alla ► «secondary modern school» (► secondary, A), o alla ► «technical school» (► technical). Ha cessato di essere obbligatorio con l'introduzione della ► «comprehensive school» (► comprehensive), negli anni '50 e sopravvive per l'ammissione ad alcune «grammar schools».
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