majority

Significat (English)

  1. More than half (50%) of some group.
  2. 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.
  3. Legal adulthood, age of majority.
  4. The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major.
  5. Ancestors; ancestry.

Synonyms

greater part

larger part

full age

adult age

preponderance

superior number

general agreement

great number

most of

most part

voice more than half

greater number

lawful age

Freqüència

C1
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti/
Etimologia (English)

From Middle French maiorité, from Medieval Latin māiōritātem, accusative of Latin māiōritās, from Latin māiōr (“greater”). Morphologically major + -ity

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