majority

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

mayoría

mayoria

mayoría de edad

pluralidad

la mayor parte

mayoritario

la generalidad

los más

mayoría absoluta

generalidad

Opuesto a

minority

Sinónimos

most

plurality

greater part

bulk

absolute majority

legal age

almost all

plural

larger part

full age

mostly

adult age

multitude

age

adulthood

perhaps

preponderance

superior number

suzerainty

general agreement

great number

most of

most part

voice more than half

greater number

lawful age

age of majority

ascendence

ascendency

consensus

countless

crowd

general

generally

lump

mainstream

major

many

margin

mass

Traducciones

majorité

maggioranza

Mehrheit

maioria

meerderheid

Majorität

πλειοψηφία

πλειονότητα

merendeel

majoria

meerderjarigheid

çoğunluk

Volljährigkeit

Mehrzahl

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/məˈd͡ʒɒɹɪti/

Etimología (Inglés)

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

Oraciones

It was Majority government .

It led to a large exodus of the city , with a majority of the population leaving .

Condujo a un gran éxodo de la ciudad, con la mayoría de la población que se fue.

By his third term Nein was serving as majority floor leader of the House .

En su tercer mandato, Nein estaba sirviendo como líder de piso mayoritario de la Cámara.

Only the opinion of the majority judgment is considered to have precedent-setting weight .

The majority of these stores have since been rebranded as Vision Express .

Desde entonces, la mayoría de estas tiendas han sido renombradas como Vision Express.

The majority of the companies are catered for the Seniors Programme .

La mayoría de las empresas son atendidas para el programa de personas mayores.