Majority
21majority — noun 1 (singular) most of the people or things in a particular group (+ of): The majority of lone parents are divorced or separated women. (also + plural verb) BrE: Among trade union leaders, a majority still believe in public ownership. | the… …
22majority — n. (pl. ies) 1 (usu. foll. by of) the greater number or part. Usage: Strictly used only with countable nouns, e.g. a majority of people, and not with mass nouns, e.g. a majority of the work. 2 Polit. a the number by which the votes cast for one… …
23majority — , like major, has been wearied by overuse, particularly in the expression the vast majority of, as in these three examples, all from authorities: The vast majority of conditional sentences . . . (Partridge); In the vast majority of instances …
24majority — noun 1) the majority of cases Syn: larger part/number, greater part/number, best/better part, most, more than half; plurality, bulk, mass, weight, (main) body, preponderance, predominance, generality, lion s share Ant …
25majority — noun (plural ties) Date: 1552 1. obsolete the quality or state of being greater 2. a. the age at which full civil rights are accorded b. the status of one who has attained this age 3. a. a number or percentage equaling more than half of a total < …
26majority — /məˈdʒɒrəti / (say muh joruhtee) noun (plural majorities) 1. the greater part or number: the majority of the population. 2. Also, absolute majority. a number of votes constituting more than half the total number of votes cast. 3. Also, simple… …
27majority*/*/*/ — [məˈdʒɒrəti] noun 1) [singular] most of the people or things in a group Ant: minority The majority of our employees are women.[/ex] The vast majority (= nearly everyone) had never travelled outside the United States.[/ex] Young women are in the… …
28majority — should be reserved for describing the larger of two clearly divisible things, as in A majority of the members voted for the resolution. But even then a more specific description is usually better: 52 percent, almost two thirds, more than 70… …
29majority — noun (plural majorities) 1》 the greater number. 2》 Brit. the number by which the votes cast for one party or candidate exceed those for the next. ↘US the number by which votes for one candidate are more than those for all other candidates… …
30majority — noun /məˈdʒɑrɪti,məˈdʒɔrɪti/ a) More than half (50%) of some group The majority agreed that the new proposal was the best. b) The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes The winner with 53% had a 6% majority over the loser… …
