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majority
[ muh-jawr-i-tee, -jor- ]
noun
- the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total ( minority ):
the majority of the population.
- a number of voters or votes, jurors, or others in agreement, constituting more than half of the total number.
- the amount by which the greater number, as of votes, surpasses the remainder ( plurality ).
- the party or faction with the majority vote:
The Democratic Party is the majority.
- the state or time of being of full legal age:
to attain one's majority.
- the military rank or office of a major.
majority
/ məˈdʒɒrɪtɪ /
noun
- the greater number or part of something
the majority of the constituents
- (in an election) the number of votes or seats by which the strongest party or candidate beats the combined opposition or the runner-up See relative majority absolute majority
- the largest party or group that votes together in a legislative or deliberative assembly
- the time of reaching or state of having reached full legal age, when a person is held competent to manage his own affairs, exercise civil rights and duties, etc
- the rank, office, or commission of major
- euphemistic.the dead (esp in the phrases join the majority, go or pass over to the majority )
- obsolete.the quality or state of being greater; superiority
- modifier of, involving, or being a majority
a majority verdict
a majority decision
- in the majorityforming or part of the greater number of something
Usage
Other Words From
- nonma·jori·ty noun plural nonmajorities
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of majority1
Idioms and Phrases
- join the (great) majority, to die.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
I think a large majority of our fans are [other] nationalities.
House rules require an absolute majority of members voting to choose a speaker.
Again, I do not know House Majority Whip Scalise or President Obama personally.
This is a state, after all, where Duke, in his statewide race for governor in 1991, received a majority of the white vote.
Though this too is debatable given that 25,000 to 40,000 people a year die of influenza—the vast majority of them unvaccinated.
Ever since his majority Lord Hetton had annually entered a colt in the great race.
Such is the opinion of this Correspondent to the Times, and it is doubtless the opinion of a fair and just majority.
While the majority pulled in one way there was an active minority that wished the Nana to set up an independent kingdom.
At any rate, whatsoever that curious reservation meant, the majority of the staff were opposed to surrender.
The majority pick up a job when they can, but are inevitably idle and suffering two-thirds of the time.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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