majority

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Significat

Conceptes

It

was Majority government .

Llegeix-ne més

(Anglès)

(countable, uncountable) More than half (50%) of some group.
(countable, uncountable) 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 combined.
(countable, dated, uncountable) Legal adulthood, age of majority.
(UK, countable, uncountable) The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
(countable, uncountable) Ancestors; ancestry.

Oposat a

minority

Freqüència

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti/

From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin maiōritātem, accusative of Latin maiōritās, from Latin maior (“greater”). Morphologically major + -ity.