Complete Definition of "majority"

English
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Pronunciation
audio|en-us-majority.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From MF. majorité.

Noun
en-noun|majorities

  1. More than half (50%) of some group

#: The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best.

  1. The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes

#: The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser with 47%.

  1. dated Legal adulthood

#: By the time I reached my majority, I had already been around the world twice.

Translations
trans-top|more than half
Bosnian: ve�ina f
Croatian: ve�ina f
Czech: v�tšina f
Dutch: meerderheid f
Finnish: enemmistö
French: majorité
German: Mehrheit f
Italian: maggioranza f
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Romanian: t|ro|majoritate|f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ве�ина f
:Roman: ve�ina f
Slovene: ve�ina f
Spanish: mayoría f
Swedish: majoritet
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trans-top|difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes
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trans-top|legal adulthood
French: majorité
German: Erwachsenenalter n
Italian: maggiore età
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Romanian: t|ro|majorat|n
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Antonyms
minority (1)

Related terms
by a majority
major
majority rule
simple majority
double majority

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