majority
/məˈd͡ʒɒ.ɹɪti/
More than half of some group; Any share or fraction that is bigger than any one of its counterpart shares or fractions
- plural
- majorities
Meanings
- 1
More than half (50%) of some group
They believed they were in the majority.
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He won the election by a large majority.
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- 2
Any share or fraction that is bigger than any one of its counterpart shares or fractions (of the same whole)
- 3
In a parliament or legislature, the difference in seats between the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate, or between the winning candidate and all of the other candidates combinedrare
- 4
Legal adulthood, age of majorityrare
- 5
The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of majorrare
- 6
Ancestors; ancestryrare